You will be given an app to use on your smartphone so you can keep track of your pain, function, and medication use. You can also use this app to communicate with our pharmacy team, which allows you to be closer to your healthcare providers. If you don’t have a smart phone, we will give you a tablet to use for the study. You will also have a virtual visit with a pharmacist to make sure that your pain is being well-controlled.

If you decide to join this research study, it will take about 6 months to complete with a total time commitment of about 1 to 5 hours, including the completion of confidential surveys and the use of the app if you are assigned to the MOPP program. This time commitment requires no extra travel to the hospital and can be completed in the comfort of your own home.

In this research study we want to learn more about developing an effective strategy to control pain while preventing long-term opioid use and opioid use disorder after surgery. The goal of this research study is to pilot test the effectiveness and usability of a Multi-faceted persistent Opioid use Prevention Program (MOPP).

This pilot intervention program, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) combines multiple strategies and is designed to support safer opioid prescribing, improve patient self-monitoring, improve communication with your doctors and ensure your pain is well-controlled while reducing overall opioid consumption.

If you are over 18 and undergoing orthopedic or neurosurgery, you may qualify. Surgeries involved are: – Ortho: Hip, Knee, Shoulder, Trauma, etc. – Spine: Fusions, Laminectomy, etc.

Upon completion of the study, you will receive a $50 Amazon gift card.

Associate Professor of Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School

Co-Director of the Center for Perioperative Research
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Research Director of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Director of Clinical Research
Brigham Health Hospital Medicine Unit