Available Oct. 22
Do Your Part to Solve the Opioid Crisis
The numbers are staggering: 50 million surgeries are performed annually, 90% of patients
are prescribed opioids to control post-op pain, one billion opioid pills go unused by recover-
ing patients each year and opioid prescribing rates in 2023 will be double what they were in
1995. Promoting judicious use of opioids requires cautious prescribing practices, standardiz-
ing procedure-specific pill counts and interacting with patients earlier and often to improve their under-
standing and acceptance of opioid-sparing techniques. Learn about the skills and strategies to accom-
plish these goals. 1 CU
Ashish Sinha, MD, PhD, MBA
University of California Riverside
Riverside Community Hospital
Would You Have Stopped the Fugitive Surgeon?
Orthopod Atiq Durrani, MD, defrauded Medicare out of millions of dollars by performing
unnecessary spine surgeries. He also botched hundreds of procedures before fleeing to
his native Pakistan in 2013. Administrators at the hospitals where he operated listened to
concerns nurses had about Dr. Durrani, but ultimately allowed him to keep working in
their ORs. Kenneth Rothfield, MD, MBA, will tell this cautionary tale and share valuable communica-
tion tools you can use to effectively voice your concerns every day in the OR when you see patient
safety being jeopardized. 1 CU
Kenneth Rothfield, MD, MBA
Healthcare Executive
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On Demand Pr ogram
Available Oct. 22, 2020 to Nov. 20, 2020
The Virtual OR Excellence Program will launch
with live sessions on Thursday, Oct. 22 and Friday,
Oct. 23. The virtual experience will continue with
live presentations on four consecutive Fridays
until Nov. 20. These presentations will be avail-
able On Demand after each live event.
There's more! The following hot topics will be
available On Demand to all Virtual OR Excellence
attendees beginning Oct. 22.
Enjoy 24/7 access to all of these educational sessions
presented by leaders in the OR community — and earn valuable CU credits!
