Open AccessMedical Record Documentation About Opioid Tapering: Examining Benefit-to-Harm Framework and Patient Engagement
Author(s) -
Michele Buonora,
Hector R. Perez,
Jordan Stumph,
Robert W. Allen,
Shadi Nahvi,
Chinazo O. Cunningham,
Jessica S. Merlin,
Joanna L. Starrels
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pain medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1526-4637
pISSN - 1526-2375
DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnz361
Subject(s) - thematic analysis , medicine , documentation , tapering , harm , medical record , opioid , harm reduction , chronic pain , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , qualitative research , psychology , surgery , public health , social psychology , social science , computer graphics (images) , receptor , sociology , computer science , programming language
Guidelines recommend that clinicians make decisions about opioid tapering for patients with chronic pain using a benefit-to-harm framework and engaging patients. Studies have not examined clinician documentation about opioid tapering using this framework.