Thursday, June 22, 2017: 7:00 AM
By 2012 drug overdose was the leading cause of death for BHCHPs clients age 21-44. Among other interventions, the practice implemented evidence based prescribing guidelines and EMR decision supports to promote the safe prescribing of opioids when done as part of a patient’s treatment plan. What impact did this have on opioid prescribing by the practice? This project describes the trends in opioid prescribing by BHCHP from 2005-2015. Prescriptions were converted to morphine equivalents for comparison. A substantial decline occurred from 2010-11, prior to the implementation of guidelines and decision supports.