Erschienen in:
16.01.2018 | Concise Research Report
Association between Electronic Medical Record Implementation of Default Opioid Prescription Quantities and Prescribing Behavior in Two Emergency Departments
verfasst von:
M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS, FACEP, Frances S. Shofer, PhD, Mitesh S. Patel, MD, MBA, MS, Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, Christopher Edwards, MD, Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MSHP, Jeanmarie Perrone, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 4/2018
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Excerpt
Larger quantities of opioid tablets for initial prescriptions are associated with transition to continued use.
1 Default options, or conditions that are set in place unless an alternative is actively chosen, have been shown to influence behavior in many contexts, including increasing the rates of prescribing generic versus brand-name drugs to over 98% in primary care.
2,3 Leveraging default options in electronic medical record (EMR) prescribing orders thus represents a promising approach to guide clinicians towards prescribing smaller quantities of opioid tablets, thus reducing continued use, misuse, and diversion. …