United StatesHealthcare and life sciences2018 – ongoingVeterans Health Administration
STORM opioid-risk clinical decision support
STORM-guided mandatory case reviews were associated with 22% lower odds of death among high-risk veterans prescribed opioids
Problem
Veterans prescribed opioids or with opioid use disorder faced overdose and suicide risks.
Approach
VA mandated interdisciplinary case reviews for high-risk patients prescribed opioids in 2018. STORM identified patients and showed clinicians risk factors to guide treatment reviews. A randomized rollout across VA medical centers evaluated the case-review mandate.
Results
Takeaway
The reported mortality association did not establish that STORM alone caused the reduction.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Independent study
Sources
Source summaries
VA summarized a randomized evaluation of mandatory case reviews guided by STORM across its medical centers during 2018-2020. High-risk patients assigned to mandatory review had 22% lower odds of all-cause mortality than controls.
Full details are in the original sources.