​The Pennsylvania-New Jersey Surgical Opioid Stewardship (PENNJ-SOS) program is a collaborative of surgeons and surgical teams dedicated to developing and implementing strategies to prevent opioid use disorder while effectively managing post-operative pain.

To aid in opioid stewardship education and communication, PENNJ-SOS created multiple health-literate resources for both patients and clinicians.
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In addition to the resources and program activities, a key component of PENNJ-SOS is data collection. Using a national registry (National Surgical Quality Improvement Program), hospitals collect perioperative data on surgical patients related to opioids, which provides surgical teams with benchmarking for quality improvement and research purposes. Findings, best practices, and innovations are shared at quarterly regional collaborative meetings.