Creation of an algorithm for clinical decision support for treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The treatment capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) lags far behind the number of patients in need of treatment. Capacity is limited, in part, by the limited number of physicians who offer office based OUD treatment with buprenorphine. Measurement based care (MBC) has been proposed as a means to support primary care physicians in treating OUD. Here, we propose a set of measures and a clinical decision support algorithm to provide MBC for the treatment of OUD.

Methods

We utilized literature search and expert consensus to identify measures for universal screening and symptom tracking. We used expert consensus to create the clinical decision support algorithm.

Results

The Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription medication, and other Substance use (TAPS) tool was selec

SUBMITTER: Dela Cruz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7893913 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature