Opioid and Naloxone Prescribing Following Insertion of Prompts in the Electronic Health Record to Encourage Compliance With California State Opioid Law.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Opioid addiction or dependency is a serious crisis in the US that affects public health as well as social and economic welfare. The State of California passed Assembly Bill (AB) 2760 in 2018 that mandates the coprescription of naloxone and opioids for patients with a high overdose risk.

Objective

To assess whether the AB 2760-based electronic prompts were associated with increased naloxone orders for opioid users and reduced opioid prescribing when integrated into the practitioner workflow.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used interrupted time series mixed models to evaluate data obtained from the regional integrated health care system Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019. Clinician part

SUBMITTER: Duan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062689 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature