TY - JOUR
KW - Analgesics, Opioid/therapeutic use
KW - Chronic Disease
KW - Computer Systems
KW - Data Collection/methods
KW - Documentation/methods
KW - Drug Prescriptions/standards
KW - Humans
KW - Pain/drug therapy
AU - B. L. Wilsey
AU - S. M. Fishman
AU - C. Casamalhuapa
AU - N. Singh
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: We herein provide a description of a health information technology tool using computer-assisted survey instruments as a methodology for documentation during long-term opioid therapy. DESIGN: We report our experience using the Prescription Opioid Documentation and Surveillance (PODS) System, a medical informatics tool that utilizes validated questionnaires to automate the assessment of opioid prescribing for chronic nonmalignant pain. SETTING AND PATIENTS: Chronic pain patients answered questions that were presented on a computer terminal prior to each appointment in a Department of Veterans Affairs Pain Clinic. MEASURES: Pain levels, activities of daily living, and screening for common psychological disorders were sought at each visit. Results were tabulated with some information gathered sequentially permitting evaluation of progress. Following a face-to-face interview, the clinician added additional comments to the medical record. RESULTS: By deploying a systematic series of questions that are recalled by the computer, PODS assures a comprehensive assessment. CONCLUSIONS: The PODS fulfills medicolegal requirements for documentation and provides a systematic means of determining outcomes. This process facilitates the determination of the appropriate intervals between clinic visits by stratifying patients into high, moderate, and low risk.
BT - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
C5 - Opioids & Substance Use; HIT & Telehealth
CP - 11
CY - England
DO - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00977.x
IS - 11
JF - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
N2 - OBJECTIVE: We herein provide a description of a health information technology tool using computer-assisted survey instruments as a methodology for documentation during long-term opioid therapy. DESIGN: We report our experience using the Prescription Opioid Documentation and Surveillance (PODS) System, a medical informatics tool that utilizes validated questionnaires to automate the assessment of opioid prescribing for chronic nonmalignant pain. SETTING AND PATIENTS: Chronic pain patients answered questions that were presented on a computer terminal prior to each appointment in a Department of Veterans Affairs Pain Clinic. MEASURES: Pain levels, activities of daily living, and screening for common psychological disorders were sought at each visit. Results were tabulated with some information gathered sequentially permitting evaluation of progress. Following a face-to-face interview, the clinician added additional comments to the medical record. RESULTS: By deploying a systematic series of questions that are recalled by the computer, PODS assures a comprehensive assessment. CONCLUSIONS: The PODS fulfills medicolegal requirements for documentation and provides a systematic means of determining outcomes. This process facilitates the determination of the appropriate intervals between clinic visits by stratifying patients into high, moderate, and low risk.
PP - England
PY - 2010
SN - 1526-4637; 1526-2375
SP - 1707
EP - 1717
EP - 
T1 - Computerized progress notes for chronic pain patients receiving opioids; the Prescription Opioid Documentation System (PODS)
T2 - Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.)
TI - Computerized progress notes for chronic pain patients receiving opioids; the Prescription Opioid Documentation System (PODS)
U1 - Opioids & Substance Use; HIT & Telehealth
U2 - 21044261
U3 - 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00977.x
VL - 11
VO - 1526-4637; 1526-2375
Y1 - 2010
ER -