The purpose of this study is to characterize patient pain and opioid use after an initial opioid prescription for acute pain. The investigators aim to enroll a total of 300 patients receiving a prescription for an opioid in primary and urgent care, inpatient care (child birth and total knee arthroplasty), and in the emergency department. Patients not currently using opioids who receive a new short-acting opioid prescription for acute pain will be recruited and followed prospectively for 180 days to assess pain trajectories, analgesic and non-pharmacologic treatment use, activity, and health care service use. The patient-centered health data sharing platform (Hugo) will be used to collect patient-reported outcomes and structured data from pharmacy and electronic health records patient portals as well as patient-generated data collected through personal digital devices (Fitbit).~Specific aims~To assess patients' pain and opioid use patterns in episodes of acute pain for which opioids were prescribed, characterizing pain severity and persistence, as well as other prescription and over-the-counter pain medication use~To examine associations between patient demographic, clinical and emotional characteristics and outcomes of pain severity and persistence, opioid and non-opioid treatment patterns, satisfaction with care, and barriers to care~To assess how patients handled unused opioids
This study will characterize patient pain and opioid use after an initial opioid prescription for acute pain.