Behavioral Health Business July 16, 2025
Substance use disorders (SUDs) are commonly underdiagnosed in primary care settings, but enhanced technology could help. New research shows that physicians’ use of an electronic health record (EHR)–integrated clinical decision support system increases treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD).
Primary care clinics across four states and three different health systems randomly received the EHR tool or not. Researchers tracked the outcomes of 10,891 patients diagnosed with OUD, at risk of diagnosis, or at risk of opioid overdose.
The clinical decision support system provided personalized treatment recommendations based on the patient’s EHR data. Patients at primary care clinics using the tool were twice as likely to be prescribed naloxone as those at locations without it. They were also more likely...
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