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Assessing the use of a clinical decision support tool for pain management in primary care. JAMIA Open 2022 Oct;5(3):ooac074

Date

09/22/2022

Pubmed ID

36128342

Pubmed Central ID

PMC9476612

DOI

10.1093/jamiaopen/ooac074

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85144919557 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

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 opioid risk mitigation tasks, review previous and current patient treatments, view patient-reported pain, physical function, and pain-related goals.

RESULTS: Overall, 69 PCPs accessed OneSheet 2411 times (since November 2020). PCP use of OneSheet varied significantly by provider and was highly skewed (site 1: median accesses per provider: 17 [interquartile range (IQR) 9-32]; site 2: median: 8 [IQR 5-16]). Seven "power users" accounted for 70% of the overall access instances across both sites. OneSheet has been accessed an average of 20 times weekly between the 2 sites.

DISCUSSION: Modest OneSheet use was observed relative to the number of eligible patients seen with chronic pain.

CONCLUSIONS: Organizations implementing CDS tools are likely to see considerable provider-level variation in usage, suggesting that CDS tools may vary in their utility across PCPs, even for the same condition, because of differences in provider and care team workflows.

Author List

Apathy NC, Sanner L, Adams MCB, Mamlin BW, Grout RW, Fortin S, Hillstrom J, Saha A, Teal E, Vest JR, Menachemi N, Hurley RW, Harle CA, Mazurenko O

Author

Robert W. Hurley MD, PhD Adjunct Professor of Anesthesiology and CTSI in the Anesthesiology department at Medical College of Wisconsin