Association between electronic medical record implementation of default opioid prescription quantities and prescribing behavior in two emergency departments

Association between electronic medical record implementation of default opioid prescription quantities and prescribing behavior in two emergency departments

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
Author(s):
Delgado, M. Kit, author
Shofer, Frances S., author
Patel, Mitesh S., author
Halpern, Scott, author
Edwards, Christopher, author
Meisel, Zachary F., author
Perrone, Jeanmarie, author
Contributor(s):
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
Publication:
Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, 2018
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Analgesics, Opioid
Drug Prescriptions
Electronic Health Records
Emergency Service, Hospital
Inappropriate Prescribing -- prevention & control
Practice Patterns, Physicians'
Prescription Drug Overuse -- prevention & control
Humans
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Key Findings. Setting a low quantity of opioid tablets as the default option in electronic medical record prescribing orders may "nudge" clinicians to prescribe fewer opioids. When two emergency departments implemented a 10-tablet default instead of a manual entry, the proportion of 10-tablet prescriptions written more than doubled, from 20.6% to 43.3%. Conversely, 20-tablet prescriptions decreased from 22.8% to 16.1%, and prescriptions for 11-19 tablets decreased from 33.5% to 20.1%.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101723229 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101723229