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Goldfinch Health pitches "Billion Pill Pledge" to reduce opioid prescriptions after surgery
Summary
Goldfinch Health described a hospital-focused program that implements Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols, nurse navigators and toolkits to cut postoperative opioid prescribing and reduce leftover pills in communities.
Michael Doty, director of provider success at Goldfinch Health, described the Billion Pill Pledge program to the commission as a hospital-centered primary-prevention effort aimed at reducing leftover opioid pills after surgery.
"My name is Michael Doty. I'm the director of provider success for an organization called Goldfinch Health," he said. Doty said the program partners with hospitals to implement evidence-based practices including Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols, multimodal pain management, prehabilitation, nurse navigator follow-up and prepared-for-surgery toolkits that include drug-deactivation pouches.
Doty pre…
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