Dr. Gostine said that he is planning to publish the findings. After refinement of the ORT, which is currently in the public domain and available to physicians, the tool might expand to 15 questions – a short-enough questionnaire that patients can fill out in 2 or 3 minutes. If the questionnaires are fed into electronic medical records, as they are in Dr. Gostine’s practice, "the doctor can find out whether [the patient] is someone they should be nervous about or someone they can trust" when it comes to prescribing opioids.
Dr. Gostine and his partner, Dr. Fred Davis, developed the Prism Pain Health Assessment that was used to capture and analyze the data. The product is now commercially available. Dr. Webster has received honoraria/travel support from AstraZeneca, Covidien Mallinckrodt, and other companies.