Opioid Prescribing After Implementation of Single Click Access to a State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Database in a Health System's Electronic Health Record.

Scott G WeinerKimiyoshi KobayashiJoshua ReynoldsKit ChanRodd KellySarah WakemanPrabashni ReddyLeonard D Young

Published in: Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) (2021)

Integration of the PDMP into the EHR markedly increased the number of searches but was associated with modest decreases in opioids prescribed and patients receiving a prescription. Single click EHR integration of the PDMP, if implemented broadly, may be a way for states to significantly increase PDMP utilization.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
adverse drug
chronic pain
primary care
clinical decision support
pain management
quality improvement
healthcare