Primary Care Clinician Perspectives on Older Adult Chronic Pain Management and Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain management in older adults can be challenging for primary care clinicians due to comorbidities, side effects, and complicated guideline recommendations. Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) may improve care by integrating guideline-based recommendations, synthesizing relevant patient data, and facilitating shared decision-making. I-COPE (Improving Chicago Older Adult Opioid and Pain Management through Patient-centered Clinical Decision Support and Project ECHO) is an electronic health record-based CDSS designed to gather patient-reported data and support primary care clinicians in managing chronic pain, opioid use, and opioid use disorder in older adults.

Objective

This study examined clinicians' views on challenges in managing chronic pain and t

SUBMITTER: Hasnain I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12439314 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature