2022
User centered clinical decision support to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: EMBED pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
Melnick ER, Nath B, Dziura JD, Casey MF, Jeffery MM, Paek H, Soares WE, Hoppe JA, Rajeevan H, Li F, Skains RM, Walter LA, Patel MD, Chari SV, Platts-Mills TF, Hess EP, D'Onofrio G. User centered clinical decision support to implement initiation of buprenorphine for opioid use disorder in the emergency department: EMBED pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. The BMJ 2022, 377: e069271. PMID: 35760423, PMCID: PMC9231533, DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-069271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderUsual care armEmergency departmentUse disordersCare armPragmatic clusterClinical decision supportIntervention armRoutine emergency careSecondary implementation outcomesSeverity of withdrawalTertiary care centerClinical decision support toolInitiation of buprenorphineElectronic health record tasksElectronic health record workflowsRE-AIM frameworkElectronic health record platformsHealth record platformsClinical decision support systemElectronic health recordsVisit documentationTreatment of addictionUsual careAdult patients
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 patientsProgress Report on EMBED: A Pragmatic Trial of User-Centered Clinical Decision Support to Implement EMergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphinE for Opioid Use Disorder †
Melnick ER, Nath B, Ahmed OM, Brandt C, Chartash D, Dziura JD, Hess EP, Holland WC, Hoppe JA, Jeffery MM, Katsovich L, Li F, Lu CC, Maciejewski K, Maleska M, Mao JA, Martel S, Michael S, Paek H, Patel MD, Platts-Mills TF, Rajeevan H, Ray JM, Skains RM, Soares WE, Deutsch A, Solad Y, D’Onofrio G. Progress Report on EMBED: A Pragmatic Trial of User-Centered Clinical Decision Support to Implement EMergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphinE for Opioid Use Disorder †. Journal Of Psychiatry And Brain Science 2020, 2: e200003. PMID: 32309637, PMCID: PMC7164817, DOI: 10.20900/jpbs.20200003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBuprenorphine/naloxoneOpioid use disorderClinical decision supportPragmatic trialElectronic health recordsUse disordersEmergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphineMulti-centre pragmatic trialRoutine emergency careHealthcare systemRates of EDNaloxone prescribingPilot testingSingle EDEmergency departmentPhysicians' perceptionsEmergency careMortality rateEarly identificationComputable phenotypeUnique physiciansInformed consentCare paradigmHealth recordsIntervention effectiveness
2019
User-centred clinical decision support to implement emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: protocol for the pragmatic group randomised EMBED trial
Melnick ER, Jeffery MM, Dziura JD, Mao JA, Hess EP, Platts-Mills TF, Solad Y, Paek H, Martel S, Patel MD, Bankowski L, Lu C, Brandt C, D’Onofrio G. User-centred clinical decision support to implement emergency department-initiated buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: protocol for the pragmatic group randomised EMBED trial. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e028488. PMID: 31152039, PMCID: PMC6550013, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBuprenorphineCluster AnalysisDecision Support Systems, ClinicalEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMulticenter Studies as TopicNarcotic AntagonistsOpiate Substitution TreatmentOpioid-Related DisordersPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicUnited StatesYoung AdultConceptsOpioid use disorderEmergency departmentSecondary outcomesUse disordersEmergency department-initiated buprenorphineWestern Institutional Review BoardData Safety Monitoring BoardIndependent study monitorsRates of cliniciansRoutine emergency careSafety monitoring boardInstitutional review boardClinical decision support systemClinician prescribingPragmatic clusterPatient characteristicsPeer-reviewed journalsClinical decision supportPrimary outcomeED cliniciansWithdrawal symptomsOngoing treatmentPatients' willingnessMonitoring boardBuprenorphine