Status:

COMPLETED

A Health System Wide Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Tools to Improve PDMP Utilization and Patient Outcomes

Lead Sponsor:

University of Colorado, Denver

Conditions:

Medication Abuse

Eligibility:

All Genders

12-89 years

Brief Summary

This is a study comparing three clinical decision support (CDS) tools to enhance care by easing health care provider review of the Colorado prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) prior to prescri...

Detailed Description

Prior research by this team has shown that when emergency department (ED) prescribers are less likely to prescribe an opioid analgesic to patients at high-risk of overdose or misuse when they consult ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Two populations are included in the study description. Providers and the patients seen by those providers.
  • Providers are randomized to one of the four groups described previously.
  • Provider
  • Licensed health care providers within the UCHealth system with a history (previous year) of prescribing opioids and/or benzodiazepines.
  • Provider

Exclusion

  • Majority of prescribing is done at a facility outside the state of Colorado
  • Provider specialty of oncology or pediatrics as recorded in the EHR
  • Provider in an ambulatory clinic where a total of \<50 opioid or benzodiazepine prescriptions were written in the year before study initiation
  • Patient Inclusion Criteria:
  • Patient seen by a randomized provider within the UCHealth system who may receive an opioid prescription
  • Patient

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 16 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 30 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

3635 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04918355

Start Date

February 16 2021

End Date

November 30 2023

Last Update

September 16 2025

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University of Colorado Hospital

Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045