Review of Opioid Risk Assessment Tools with the Growing Need for Telemedicine

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Table 1. Summary of risk assessment tools.

Assessment tool	When to use	Result necessitating in-person visits
PMQ	Initiation	Patient deemed in the H-PMQ category (scores of 25 or above)
BRQ	Initiation	High risk
ORT	Initiation (less supported)	High risk (>= 8)
SOAPP-R	Initiation/maintenance	Score >= 18
COMM	Maintenance	Score >= 9

BRQ: Brief risk questionnaire; COMM: Current Opioid Misuse Measure; H-PMQ: High risk from the PMQ; ORT: Opioid risk tool; PMQ: Pain medication questionnaire: SOAPP-R: Screener and opioid assessment for patients with pain-revised.