Opioid Prescribing, Pain Management
Conditions
Keywords
Dentist
Brief summary
The purpose of this project is to improve quality of care for dental patients in the state of Michigan. This will be achieved through educating dentists about best practices for opioid prescribing and includes three continuing education (CE) credits and one (or two) academic detailing (AD) visits. The cohort of 90 dentists who are enrolled to the CE will be randomized into two groups upon enrollment. One of these groups, half of the cohort, will receive the academic detailing. A report will be written highlighting key findings from this project and best practices for treating patients after dental care.The quality of care for dental patients will be improved by sharing this information with both participating and non-participating dental providers statewide through reports, manuscripts, and presentations. These data will inform best practice with the potential for future academic detailing and educational interventions for dentists and oral surgeons.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALAcademic detailing (AD)
In addition to continuing educational (CE) videos this group will receive up to two personalized, one-on-one, education sessions from an academic detailer. The sessions will last between 15-30 minutes. Each AD visit will consist of: an introduction, a brief needs assessment, key educational messages, a discussion of challenges the provider faces, and giving the provider leave-behind educational materials. The AD visit key educational messages are specific recommendations for opioid-prescribing practice change. When appropriate the detailer will suggest a phone call with Dr. Romesh Nalliah to discuss specific dentistry questions. There may also be a second AD visit if agreed upon by the dentist.
OTHERContinuing educational
Dentists enrolled in the CE program will serve as the control group. They will have access to the 3 hours of CE content online similar to the AD group; however, they will not receive academic detailing or the opportunity to connect via phone with Dr. Nalliah. In this group, if the dentists have content-specific questions after participating in the CE program, they may contact MichiganOPENdental@umich.edu for responses appropriately directed to Dr. Nalliah.
Sponsors
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
University of Michigan
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
Single blinded- dentists to be blinded; Analyses will be done by blinded analyst
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Dentists in the state of Michigan with an active drug enforcement agency (DEA) license.
Exclusion criteria
* All oral Surgeons in Michigan. Michigan dentists who have a significant (\>5%) population living outside of Michigan (self-reported), as the prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) data we will obtain from Michigan Automated Prescription Service (MAPS) will only cover those prescriptions filled in the state of Michigan.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the amount of opioid prescribed measured in the total oral morphine equivalents | baseline, up to 3 months | Opioid data from the Michigan Automated Prescription Service (MAPS), state prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) will be used. These periods yield 63 working weekdays in each period. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in the number of opioid prescriptions | baseline, up to 3 months | Number of opioid prescription details through PDMP data pulled from MAPS. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed