Today’s issue of WorkCompRecap features WCRI’s recent announcement of a new webinar on its recent study, Early Predictors of Longer-Term Opioid Dispensing.
The study identified what best predicts which patients are more likely to develop longer-term opioid use given what is known early in the claim about the worker, nature of the injury, and nature of the medical care, which can assist stakeholders in targeting policies and programs aimed at reducing inappropriate longer-term use of opioids. In the webinar study authors Dr. Vennela Thumula and Dr. Bogdan Savych will discuss its key findings and take audience questions.