Telemedicine-delivered Digital Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Decrease Post-operative Opioid Use Among Patients Undergoing Total Knee or Hip Arthroplasty
University of Pittsburgh
Summary
It is envisioned that multipronged benefits from this pilot work for the UPMC ISD and its members. It is expected the RxWell platform to provide the following benefits: expansion of the use of RxWell to all UPMC ISD members providing peri-operative mood management with advantage of improved peri-operative outcomes, improving saving for the UPMC ISD by hastening the recovery and decreased resource utilization, and addition to the high-value care of UPMC with this holistic approach to patient perioperative care
Description
The content of the digital behavioral tool was developed based on standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. An additional layer of support includes a behavioral health coach who provides guidance and motivation throughout the use of the app via in-app text messaging. This approach has already been tested at UPMC on multiple adult clinical populations. This project represents the first pilot of the digital behavioral tool with perioperative patients The digital behavioral tool can provide a resource gap by providing preventive mental health services to promote mental health well…