RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Proposed Opioid Tapering Tool JF The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine JO J Am Board Fam Med FD American Board of Family Medicine SP 1020 OP 1021 DO 10.3122/jabfm.2020.06.200076 VO 33 IS 6 A1 Benjamin Lai A1 Daniel Witt A1 Thomas Thacher A1 Terrence Witt YR 2020 UL http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/6/1020.abstract AB Introduction: Previous studies suggest a lack of confidence among primary care providers in managing patients on chronic opioid therapy (COT) for chronic non-cancer related pain (CNCP). The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently introduced guidelines on opioid tapering. In light of these recommendations, our group developed an opioid tapering software to assist healthcare providers in managing patients on COT.Methods: The initial iteration of our software utilizes RedCap for the application programming interface (API). This tool is designed to reduce a patient's prescribed chronic opioids by 5-10% every month, or 5 morphine milligram equivalents per day (MME), whichever is the greatest, in line with HHS guidelines. Users can also adjust the rate of taper.Discussion: Our group plans to use this software in an upcoming pilot study to taper patients on COT for CNCP. We are exploring the possibility of transitioning our software into other available APIs with the goal of integrating this software into major electronic health record systems. Our group envisions that our software will provide an additional tool within a patient-centered, multi-modal framework in managing patients on COT for CNCP.