Patrick McLane, Ken Scott, Zainab Suleman, Karen Yee, Brian R Holroyd, Kathryn Dong, S Monty Ghosh, Josh Fanaeian, Jan Deol, Catherine Biggs, Eddy Lang, Heather Hair, Marshall Ross, Rob Tanguay, Asha Olmstead, Andrew Fisher, Scott Fielding
BACKGROUND: Opioid use disorder is a major public health crisis, and evidence suggests ways of better serving patients who live with opioid use disorder in the emergency department (ED). A multi-disciplinary team developed a quality improvement project to implement this evidence. METHODS: The intervention was developed by an expert working group consisting of specialists and stakeholders. The group set goals of increasing prescribing of buprenorphine/naloxone and providing next day walk-in referrals to opioid use disorder treatment clinics...
September 14, 2020: CJEM