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Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Readiness to Provide Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine
Hawk KF, D’Onofrio G, Chawarski MC, O’Connor P, Cowan E, Lyons MS, Richardson L, Rothman RE, Whiteside LK, Owens PH, Martel SH, Coupet E, Pantalon M, Curry L, Fiellin DA, Edelman EJ. Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Readiness to Provide Emergency Department–Initiated Buprenorphine. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e204561. PMID: 32391893, PMCID: PMC7215257, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorderEmergency departmentAdvanced practice cliniciansED cliniciansClinicians' readinessOngoing treatmentTreatment of OUDEmergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphineUntreated opioid use disorderDrug Addiction Treatment ActDecrease opioid useVisual analog scaleHealth Services frameworkAcademic emergency departmentMixed-methods formative evaluationQuality of careSubset of participantsBuprenorphine initiationClinician typeOpioid useED patientsAnalog scaleOngoing careDepartmental protocolPractice clinicians
2018
A Quality Framework for Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Samuels EA, D'Onofrio G, Huntley K, Levin S, Schuur JD, Bart G, Hawk K, Tai B, Campbell CI, Venkatesh AK. A Quality Framework for Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2018, 73: 237-247. PMID: 30318376, PMCID: PMC6817947, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2018.08.439.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalgesics, OpioidConsensusDrug OverdoseEmergency Service, HospitalHumansOpioid-Related DisordersPatient CarePractice Patterns, Physicians'Quality ImprovementUnited StatesConceptsOpioid use disorder treatmentEmergency department treatmentOpioid-associated morbidityOpioid use disorderClinical Trials NetworkNational InstituteUse disorder treatmentClinical quality improvementOpioid overdose deathsImplementation science researchersQuality improvement effortsQuality measure developmentEmergency cliniciansSafe prescribingOutpatient treatmentDrug Abuse CenterOpioid epidemicQuality improvement frameworkAmerican CollegeData registryOverdose deathsUse disordersDisorder treatmentTrials NetworkAddiction medicine