Faculty Articles
Impact of an Electronic Pain andOpioid Risk Assessment Program: Are There Improvements in PatientEncounters and Clinic Notes?
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Pain Medicine
ISSN
1526-2375
Publication Date
1-1-2016
Abstract
A comprehensive electronic self-report assessment, called PainCAS® (Clinical Assessment System), was developed and implemented in three clinics. PainCAS captures demographic information, pain assessment, quality-of-life variables, and contains validated, electronic versions of screeners for risk of aberrant opioid-related behaviors (the SOAPP and COMM). This investigation sought to determine the impact of PainCAS on documentation of pain and opioid risk evaluations. Exploratory hypotheses examined changes in the content of the patient-provider interaction and any impact on outcome. METHODS: In study 1, chart reviews were conducted between pain patients who completed the electronic program (N = 89) and controls who represented standard of care (N = 120). In study 2, two groups of chronic pain patients (treatment-as-usual Control condition = 75, PainCAS Experimental condition = 72) were interviewed after completing their index clinic visit and completed mailed questionnaires 3 months later. RESULTS: Results revealed significantly more key, pain-relevant chart elements documented in charts of patients who completed the PainCAS than those using a traditional paper questionnaire (Study 1;
DOI
10.1093/pm/pnw033
First Page
2047
Last Page
2060
NSUWorks Citation
Butler, S. F.,
Zacharoff, K. L.,
Charity, S.,
Black, R. A.
(2016). Impact of an Electronic Pain andOpioid Risk Assessment Program: Are There Improvements in PatientEncounters and Clinic Notes?. Pain Medicine, 2047-2060.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1340
