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 patientsEmergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems
Soares WE, Melnick ER, Nath B, D'Onofrio G, Paek H, Skains RM, Walter LA, Casey MF, Napoli A, Hoppe JA, Jeffery MM. Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2021, 79: 158-167. PMID: 34119326, PMCID: PMC8449788, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care systemCause ED visitsNonfatal opioid overdoseED visitsOpioid use disorderCare systemOpioid overdoseUse disordersCOVID-19 pandemicOpioid-related complicationsEmergency department visitsHospital-based interventionsED visit ratesEmergency department utilizationVisit countsUS health care systemOpioid overdose ratesDepartment visitsHistorical controlsAdult visitsOpioid overdosesOverdose ratesMedical emergencyVisit ratesMore weeksTrends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US
Jeffery MM, D’Onofrio G, Paek H, Platts-Mills TF, Soares WE, Hoppe JA, Genes N, Nath B, Melnick ER. Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1328-1333. PMID: 32744612, PMCID: PMC7400214, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3288.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital admission ratesEmergency department visitsED visitsHealth care systemAdmission ratesDepartment visitsHospital admissionCare systemCOVID-19 pandemicLarge health care systemAcute care deliveryCross-sectional studyAnnual ED volumeCoronavirus disease 2019Daily ED visitsInflux of patientsPublic health officialsCOVID-19 case ratesCOVID-19 casesNational public healthDisease 2019MAIN OUTCOMEED volumeSerious symptomsContagious infection