Surgeons’ Perspectives on Changing the Default Number of Doses for Opioid Prescriptions in Electronic Health Record Systems
Authors' conclusion
These findings suggest that interventions to change the default dosing settings for opioid prescriptions may be feasible to implement in a variety of surgical populations, particularly if the new settings are evidence-based and if unintended consequences are carefully monitored.
Study context
- Population
- Otolaryngology attending and resident physicians who cared for adolescents and young adults undergoing tonsillectomy after an EHR default opioid dosing intervention, tertiary medical center11 residents · 5 attending physicians
- Participants
- 16 participants
- Outcome
- Surgeons' experiences and perspectives regarding the intervention
Methodological detailssemistructured interviews, thematic analysis, single-centre, Interviews in October 2021, 1 year after implementation; analyses March to December 2022
- Semistructured interviews
- Thematic analysis
- Single-centre
- Interviews in October 2021, 1 year after implementation; analyses March to December 2022
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Participants reporting noticing the change in default settings
- 0
Original publication
Surgeons’ Perspectives on Changing the Default Number of Doses for Opioid Prescriptions in Electronic Health Record Systems. JAMA Netw Open. Published 1 May 2023. doi:10.
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