Physicians report adopting safer opioid prescribing behaviors after academic detailing intervention.

ABSTRACT: Background This study evaluated an educational intervention intended to increase physicians' use of patient prescription history information from the state prescription monitoring program (PMP) and their adoption of clinical behaviors consistent with opioid prescription guidelines to reduce patient risk. Methods Physician volunteers (n = 87) in community practices and Veterans Administration medical settings in South Carolina received an office-based, individualized, educational intervention (Academic Detailing) from a trained pharmacist who promoted three key messages about safer opioid prescribing. Physicians were registered for the state PMP, guided through retrieving patient information from the PMP, and given patient-centered materials. Physicians consented to completing web-surveys;

SUBMITTER: Larson MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6237655 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature