Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A behavioral intervention to promote use of multimodal pain medication for hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial.
The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can reduce pain and has become a core strategy to decrease opioid use, but there is a lack of data to describe encouraging use when admitting patients using electronic health record systems. ⋯ Requiring an active decision to order an NSAID at admission had no demonstrable impact on NSAID ordering. Multicomponent interventions, perhaps with stronger decision support, may be necessary to encourage NSAID ordering.