2023
Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems
Holland W, Li F, Nath B, Jeffery M, Stevens M, Melnick E, Dziura J, Khidir H, Skains R, D'Onofrio G, Soares W. Racial and ethnic disparities in emergency department–initiated buprenorphine across five health care systems. Academic Emergency Medicine 2023, 30: 709-720. PMID: 36660800, PMCID: PMC10467357, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14668.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderCommunity emergency departmentsEmergency departmentDischarge diagnosisHealth care systemHispanic patientsBlack patientsHospital typeCare systemNon-Hispanic patientsOpioid overdose deathsClinical decision support systemOpioid withdrawalPrimary outcomeMedication treatmentBuprenorphine accessED treatmentTreatment accessOverdose deathsX-waiverBuprenorphinePatientsUse disordersEthnic disparitiesSecondary analysis
2020
Interrupted Time Series of User‐centered Clinical Decision Support Implementation for Emergency Department–initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
Holland WC, Nath B, Li F, Maciejewski K, Paek H, Dziura J, Rajeevan H, Lu CC, Katsovich L, D'Onofrio G, Melnick ER. Interrupted Time Series of User‐centered Clinical Decision Support Implementation for Emergency Department–initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder. Academic Emergency Medicine 2020, 27: 753-763. PMID: 32352206, PMCID: PMC7496559, DOI: 10.1111/acem.14002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderComputerized clinical decision support systemsRates of EDBUP initiationUse disordersClinical decision support implementationEmergency department initiationRoutine emergency careInterrupted time series studyAdult ED patientsInterrupted time seriesClinical decision support systemElectronic health recordsClinicians' unfamiliarityED initiationDecision support implementationED dischargeOpioid withdrawalSecondary outcomesOngoing trialsPrimary outcomeAcademic EDED patientsSingle EDUnique patients