EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Opioid Use, Unspecified

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of an electronic health record based strategy in promoting safe use of opioid medications after an Emergency Department (ED) visit. The electronic health record (EHR)-based strategy was designed to enhance provider counseling about opioids and to standardize and simplify the information that patients receive.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02431793

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

652

Starts

2015-07-01

Expected to finish

2018-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• To be eligible to enroll and remain in the study, patient subjects must meet all of the following criteria:
• Patient age 18 years and older
• English language speaking
• prescribed pill form of hydrocodone-acetaminophen opioid pain reliever
• own a cell phone with text messaging capabilities
• the patient is the person primarily responsible for administering medication

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects will be excluded from the study if any of the following conditions are met:
• Aged <18
• non-English speaking
• clinically unstable, psychologically impaired or intoxicated as judged by research staff member or emergency physician
• chronic opioid use, defined as daily or near daily use of opioid pain relievers for the past 90 days
• admitted to hospital
• unable to complete follow up phone interviews
• pregnant

Where it is running

• Northwestern University — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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