Orlando Veterans Affairs Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) very high risk interdisciplinary team review: A brief report.

Background: Compared to the general population, Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients have higher rates of mental illness, chronic pain, and substance use disorders (SUD), conditions that increase risk for opioid-related adverse events. VHA developed the Stratification Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation (STORM) and mandated case reviews by an interdisciplinary team (IDT) for patients identified as very high risk, a process implemented and led by clinical pharmacist practitioners at the Orlando Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (OVAHCS) in 2018.

Objective: To evaluate and describe the implementation and process for IDT reviews of patients identified as very high risk by the STORM clinical decision support tool at OVAHCS.