A Pilot Study of a Telemedicine-based Substance Use Disorder Evaluation to Enhance Access to Treatment Following Near-Fatal Opioid Overdose

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dc.contributor.author Lai, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.author Chapman, Brittany
dc.contributor.author Carreiro, Stephanie
dc.contributor.author Costigan, Amy
dc.contributor.author Rodriguez Perez, Karla
dc.contributor.author Gonzalez, Gerardo
dc.contributor.author Babu, Kavita
dc.date.accessioned 2020-01-04T07:52:50Z
dc.date.available 2020-01-04T07:52:50Z
dc.date.issued 2020-01-07
dc.description.abstract The opioid epidemic is a growing public health emergency in the United States, with deaths from opioid overdose having increased five-fold since 1999. Emergency departments (EDs) are the primary sites of medical care after near-fatal opioid overdose but are poorly equipped to provide adequate substance use treatment planning prior to discharge. In many underserved locales, limited access to clinicians trained in addiction medicine and behavioral health exacerbates this disparity. In an effort to improve post- overdose care in the ED, we developed a telemedicine protocol to facilitate timely access to substance use disorder evaluations. In this paper, we describe the conception and refinement of the telemedicine program, our experience with the first 20 participants, and potential implications of the platform on health disparities for individuals with opioid use disorder.
dc.format.extent 9 pages
dc.identifier.doi 10.24251/HICSS.2020.428
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-9981331-3-3
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10125/64170
dc.language.iso eng
dc.relation.ispartof Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Information Technology Innovations to Overcome Health Disparities
dc.subject addiction
dc.subject opioid
dc.subject overdose
dc.subject pwud
dc.subject telemedicine
dc.title A Pilot Study of a Telemedicine-based Substance Use Disorder Evaluation to Enhance Access to Treatment Following Near-Fatal Opioid Overdose
dc.type Conference Paper
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