At the end of August 2024, OPEN unveiled a brand new initiative: OPEN Teen. This page was created after many months of collaboration with youth leaders, analyzing and dissecting research to compile resources and information designed by teens and catered to teens.
In 2019, OPEN collaborated with Dr. Karen Cooper, an otolaryngologist at the University of Michigan, to create materials for pediatric patients centered around post-surgical pain management. Over the past five years, OPEN has added 14 prescribing recommendations and six pediatric resources. As time went on and these materials were seen by community members, it became clear that while these resources were aimed at supporting patient’s caregivers and their families, adolescent patients were getting missed.