Implementation
Emergency physicians around the country developed a spectrum of innovative strategies to deal with the opioid epidemic in their communities. These strategies entail identifying patients with opioid use disorder, initiating buprenorphine in the Emergency Department and referral to their own clinics for medical management.
Active NIDA Implementation Grants
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Ross Sullivan, MD – Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse NY Andrew Herring, MD – Highland Hospital, Oakland California Rachel Haroz, MD – Cooper University Health Care, Camden NJ Gail D’Onofrio MD, MS & Kathryn Hawk MD, MHS – Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Ross Sullivan, MD – Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse NY Andrew Herring, MD – Highland Hospital, Oakland California Rachel Haroz, MD – Cooper University Health Care, Camden NJ Gail D’Onofrio MD, MS & Kathryn Hawk MD, MHS – Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT Ross Sullivan, MD – Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse NY Andrew Herring, MD – Highland Hospital, Oakland California Rachel Haroz, MD – Cooper University Health Care, Camden NJ Gail D’Onofrio MD, MS & Kathryn Hawk MD, MHS – Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
State Initiatives
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Many states have committed to combating the opioid epidemic using several different strategies. These strategies entail increasing access to care, identifying those at high risk for overdose, safe prescribing, offering access to Naloxone, sharing data among agencies, and decreasing stigma by recognizing not only that words matter, but accurate words matter.
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