2024
Implementation of Opioid Safety Efforts: Influence of Academic Detailing on Adverse Outcomes Among Patients in the Veterans Health Administration
Williams E, Frost M, Bounthavong M, Edmonds A, Lau M, Edelman E, Harvey M, Christopher M. Implementation of Opioid Safety Efforts: Influence of Academic Detailing on Adverse Outcomes Among Patients in the Veterans Health Administration. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2024, 45: 610-623. PMID: 38634339, DOI: 10.1177/29767342241243309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationAcademic detailingAll-cause mortalityInpatient admissionsED visitsHealth AdministrationVA electronic health recordOpioid poisoningEmergency departmentOdds of all-cause mortalityElectronic health recordsRates of inpatient admissionsAssociated with decreased all-cause mortalityPatients prescribed long-term opioidsInterrupted time series analysisIncreased inpatient hospitalizationsOpioid-related outcomesOverdose prevention initiativesLong-term opioidsIncreasing incidence ratesLong-term opioid prescriptionsPatient-level dataObservational cohort of patientsHealth recordsAD implementation
2023
Implementation Facilitation to Promote Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
D’Onofrio G, Edelman E, Hawk K, Chawarski M, Pantalon M, Owens P, Martel S, Rothman R, Saheed M, Schwartz R, Cowan E, Richardson L, Salsitz E, Lyons M, Freiermuth C, Wilder C, Whiteside L, Tsui J, Klein J, Coupet E, O’Connor P, Matthews A, Murphy S, Huntley K, Fiellin D. Implementation Facilitation to Promote Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e235439. PMID: 37017967, PMCID: PMC10077107, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.5439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderRate of patientsOUD treatmentImplementation facilitationED visitsObservational cohortED cliniciansX-waiverUse disordersEmergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphineUntreated opioid use disorderEvaluation periodHybrid type 3Provision of buprenorphineBaseline periodGrand roundsRates of EDPrimary outcomeWhite patientsAcademic EDBlack patientsED patientsEmergency departmentCommunity cliniciansMAIN OUTCOME
2020
Emergency department patients with untreated opioid use disorder: A comparison of those seeking versus not seeking referral to substance use treatment
Coupet E, D’Onofrio G, Chawarski M, Edelman E, O’Connor P, Owens P, Martel S, Fiellin DA, Cowan E, Richardson L, Huntley K, Whiteside LK, Lyons MS, Rothman RE, Pantalon M, Hawk K. Emergency department patients with untreated opioid use disorder: A comparison of those seeking versus not seeking referral to substance use treatment. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2020, 219: 108428. PMID: 33307301, PMCID: PMC8110210, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2020.108428.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUntreated opioid use disorderOpioid use disorderEmergency department patientsDepartment patientsUse disordersTenth Revision diagnosis codesSevere opioid use disorderConclusions Most patientsInjection-related infectionsRevision diagnosis codesHealth insurance statusSubstance use treatmentCross-sectional analysisOpioid withdrawalClinical characteristicsED visitsMost patientsTreatment initiationUrine toxicologyClinical correlatesDiagnosis codesInsurance statusUnivariate analysisBackground LittleInternational Classification