Evaluating Physical and Occupational Therapists' and Assistants' Experiences Implementing an Electronic Health Record-Based Intervention to Support Perioperative Patients' Use of Nonpharmacological Pain Management Techniques.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore barriers and facilitators experienced by therapists (physical therapists/assistants and occupational therapists/assistants) supporting the implementation of the electronic health record (EHR)-based Healing After Surgery (HAS) initiative, which used clinical decision support (CDS) elements to support therapists in providing perioperative education and support to patients for the use of evidence-based nonpharmacological pain care (NPPC) techniques as part of a health system-wide clinical trial.

Design

A cross-sectional web-based survey.

Setting

Three academic and 3 community-based hospitals from the same health system.

Participants

Therapists (N=236) who delivered the EHR-based HAS initiative.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main outc

SUBMITTER: Hein JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12447195 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature