Surgery Recovery Program Slashes Opioid Use, Benefits Patients, Cuts Costs (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

Surgery Recovery Program Slashes Opioid Use, Benefits Patients, Cuts Costs

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The University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va., has designed and implemented a thoracic surgery recovery program that benefits patients while reducing opioids and cutting costs, a new study shows.

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