Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia increased average monthly naloxone, known as Narcan, co-prescribing for patients receiving outpatient opioid prescriptions from 3% to 84.1% through an enterprisewide quality improvement initiative, according to a study published June 16 in The Journal of Pediatrics.…
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