Project CODE-PRO: Capturing Opioid Use Disorder Electronically and Patient Reported Outcomes. [Final report for CTN-0081]

The goal of Project CODE-PRO (Capturing Opioid Use Disorder Electronically and Patient Reported Outcomes) was to build clinical data research infrastructure that will begin to enhance capacity to use electronic health record (EHR) data and patient reported outcomes measures (PROs) to conduct opioid related research in emergency departments (EDs). The project builds data capacity for research in four main areas, including standardized collection of standardized clinical data, collection of participant provided information, linking of clinical and other data for research, and use of clinical data for research in ED settings. As such, the project included three distinct tasks and objectives, including:

1. Identifying existing or potential common data elements (CDEs) for OUD that are relevant to the ED setting (Task 1)
2. Demonstrating that CDEs from the EHRs can be transmitted or integrated into the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR) (Task 2)
3. Exploring the feasibility and acceptability of collecting PRO measures electronically in patients with non-medical opioid use in the ED setting (Task 3)

Together, these tasks were designed to improve interoperability and linkages between EHRs, research networks and registries for research relevant to the opioid epidemic. Enhanced clinical data research infrastructure in ED settings has the potential to facilitate research to address key strategic priorities, such, as improving access to treatment and recovery services, promoting use of overdose-reversing drugs, providing support for cutting edge research on addiction and pain, and advancing better practices for management of OUD and pain.

Related protocols: CTN-0081