Clinical Decision Support Systems for Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Non-Cancer Pain in Primary Care: A Scoping Review

Clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) may help clinicians prescribe opioids for chronic noncancer pain (CNCP) more appropriately. This scoping review determined the extent and range of the current evidence on CDSSs for opioid prescribing for CNCP in primary care, and whether investigators followed best evidence and current guidance in designing, implementing and evaluating these complex interventions.Sheryl Spithoff was supported by a graduate research award from the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine; Stephanie Mathieson received fellowship support in 2018 from a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) program grant (#AP1113532) and 2019 NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (#APP1158463); Frank Sullivan was supported by NYGH as the Gordon F Cheesbrough Research Chair in Family and Community Medicine; Abhimanyu Sud was supported by a graduate research award from the University of Toronto, Department of Family and Community Medicine and a research fellowship from the Medical Psychiatry Alliance, University of Toronto; Qi Guan was supported by a graduate research award from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto