Case Managers Can Better Educate Patients and Families About Opioid Addiction

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the role of case managers in educating patients and families about opioid addiction. Topics covered include the need to educate healthcare providers about the risk of using substances so they can educate patients on preventing addiction, how case managers and nurses in educating patients that addiction is a medical condition, and community outreach measures that hospitals can initiate to help prevent overdoses.