Peer Comparison or Guideline-Based Feedback and Postsurgery Opioid Prescriptions
Wagner Z, Kirkegaard A, Mariano L, Doctor J, Yan X, Persell S, Goldstein N, Fox C, Brummett C, Romanelli R, Bouskill K, Martinez M, Zanocco K, Meeker D, Mudiganti S, Waljee J, Watkins K. Peer Comparison or Guideline-Based Feedback and Postsurgery Opioid Prescriptions. JAMA Health Forum 2024, 5: e240077. PMID: 38488780, PMCID: PMC10943416, DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.0077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCluster randomized clinical trialPeer comparison interventionOpioid prescribingEmail feedbackGuideline interventionComparison interventionIntervention periodHealth care delivery systemRandomized clinical trialsOpioid prescriptionsCare delivery systemPeer comparisonExcessive opioid prescribingSocial norm-based interventionsControl groupIntervention monthsMain OutcomesQuantity of opioidsClinical trialsDischarged patientsPeer surgeonsPrescribingOpioid misuseInterventionSurgical specialties