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.authorLai, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorChapman, Brittany
dc.contributor.authorCarreiro, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorCostigan, Amy
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez Perez, Karla
dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Gerardo
dc.contributor.authorBabu, Kavita
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-04T07:52:50Z
dc.date.available2020-01-04T07:52:50Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-07
dc.description.abstractThe 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.extent9 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2020.428
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-3-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/64170
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInformation Technology Innovations to Overcome Health Disparities
dc.subjectaddiction
dc.subjectopioid
dc.subjectoverdose
dc.subjectpwud
dc.subjecttelemedicine
dc.titleA Pilot Study of a Telemedicine-based Substance Use Disorder Evaluation to Enhance Access to Treatment Following Near-Fatal Opioid Overdose
dc.typeConference Paper
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