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EHR-Based Medication Complete Communication Strategy to Promote Safe Opioid Use
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating EMC2 Strategy and SMS Text Reminders for Opioid Use, Unspecified. Completed, enrolled 652 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
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.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Patients of providers randomized to the EMC2 arm will received study related educational tools at the time of their discharge including: (a) health-literacy appropriate MedSheet for hydrocodone-acetaminophen and (b) prescription written with Universal Medication Schedule Take-Wait-Stop language. Additionally, providers related to the patient will be prompted to counseling the patient including: (c) (c-1) ED providers prompted via EHR, (c-2) PCP prompted to counsel on follow-up visit via automated message and (c-3) pharmacists prompted to counsel via request printed on prescription.
In addition to the components of the EMC2 strategy arm, patients will received daily text message reminders about the safe use of opioids for 7 days.