Developing an Internet-based practice tool to assist physicians associated with buprenorphine treatment of opioid addiction

T Bradley Tanner; Meghan B Coulehan; Karen M Rossie; Andrea J Ross; Mary P Metcalf

Developing an Internet-based practice tool to assist physicians associated with buprenorphine treatment of opioid addiction

AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 6:1056.

Authors

T Bradley Tanner¹, Meghan B Coulehan, Karen M Rossie, Andrea J Ross, Mary P Metcalf

Affiliation

¹ Clinical Tools, Inc., Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

PMID: 18999012

Abstract

The Buprenorphine Practice Advisor (BPA) is a new web-based tool for primary care physicians who see opioid-dependent patients in their practices. The website (BupPractice.com) provides physicians with information and resources on referring patients for buprenorphine treatment, medical management of patients on buprenorphine, and setting up and managing office-based buprenorphine treatment.

MeSH terms

Buprenorphine / therapeutic use*
Decision Support Systems, Clinical*
Humans
Internet*
Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use
North Carolina
Opioid-Related Disorders / drug therapy*
Therapy, Computer-Assisted / methods*
User-Computer Interface*

Substances

Narcotic Antagonists
Buprenorphine