Surgeons' Perspectives on Changing the Default Number of Doses for Opioid Prescriptions in Electronic Health Record Systems.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An intervention in 2021 at a tertiary medical center found that the implementation of evidence-based default dosing settings for opioid prescriptions written in electronic health record systems was associated with reduced opioid prescribing to adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 25 years undergoing tonsillectomy. It is unclear whether surgeons were aware of this intervention, whether they thought the intervention was acceptable, or whether they believed similar interventions were feasible to implement in other surgical populations and institutions.

Objective

To assess surgeons' experiences and perspectives regarding an intervention that changed the default number of doses for opioid prescriptions to an evidence-based level.

Design, setting, and participants

SUBMITTER: Chua KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10220515 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature