Variability in emergency department electronic medical record default opioid quantities: A national survey

Erik J Blutinger; Frances S Shofer; Zachary Meisel; Jeanmarie Perrone; Eden Engel-Rebitzer; M Kit Delgado

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.023

Variability in emergency department electronic medical record default opioid quantities: A national survey

Am J Emerg Med. 2019 Oct;37(10):1963-1964. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.023. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Authors

Erik J Blutinger¹, Frances S Shofer², Zachary Meisel³, Jeanmarie Perrone⁴, Eden Engel-Rebitzer⁵, M Kit Delgado⁶

Affiliations

¹ Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America. Electronic address: erik.blutinger@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
³ Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
⁴ Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
⁵ Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.
⁶ Center for Emergency Care Policy and Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Penn Injury Science Center, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America.

PMID: 30910527
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.03.023

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute pain; Defaults; Opioids; Prescribing variability; Survey.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid*
Analysis of Variance
Drug Prescriptions*
Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing / statistics & numerical data*
Practice Patterns, Physicians' / statistics & numerical data

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid