Must strategies aim to both ensure access to non-opioid methods for pain management and prevent unsafe prescribing?

Yes, it is important to keep in mind that PCORI’s goal is to reduce harms associated with unsafe opioid prescribing while managing pain. PCORI funds studies that are meaningful to patients and can improve patient outcomes, and stakeholders have identified lack of access to non-opioid methods for pain management as a potential barrier to preventing unsafe opioid prescribing.