Assessing the use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management in primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given time constraints, poorly organized information, and complex patients, primary care providers (PCPs) can benefit from clinical decision support (CDS) tools that aggregate and synthesize problem-specific patient information. First, this article describes the design and functionality of a CDS tool for chronic noncancer pain in primary care. Second, we report on the retrospective analysis of real-world usage of the tool in the context of a pragmatic trial.

Materials and methods

The tool known as OneSheet was developed using user-centered principles and built in the Epic electronic health record (EHR) of 2 health systems. For each relevant patient, OneSheet presents pertinent information in a single EHR view to assist PCPs in completing guideline-recommended opioi

SUBMITTER: Apathy NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature