Care coordination between rural primary care and telemedicine to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder: Results from a single‐arm, multisite feasibility …

YI Hser, LJ Mooney, LM Baldwin, A Ober… - The Journal of Rural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The use of telemedicine (TM) has accelerated in recent years, yet research on the
implementation and effectiveness of TM‐delivered medication treatment for opioid use …

Medication treatment for opioid use disorder in the age of COVID-19: Can new regulations modify the opioid cascade?

EV Nunes, FR Levin, MP Reilly, N El-Bassel - Journal of substance abuse …, 2021 - Elsevier
The temporary loosening of regulations governing methadone and buprenorphine treatment
for opioid use disorder (OUD) in the US, instituted to prevent the spread of COVID-19, has …

Telepsychiatry: an innovative approach to addressing the opioid crisis

H Mahmoud, E Vogt - The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2019 - Springer
The opioid epidemic faced by the USA is a complex public health crisis, with staggering loss
of life and overwhelming social, health, and economic costs. Despite the rising need for …

Patients' perceptions of telehealth services for outpatient treatment of substance use disorders during the COVID‐19 pandemic

DE Sugarman, AB Busch, RK McHugh… - … American journal on …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objectives The rapid scale‐up of telehealth services for substance
use disorders (SUDs) during the COVID‐19 pandemic presented a unique opportunity to …

Receipt of telehealth services, receipt and retention of medications for opioid use disorder, and medically treated overdose among Medicare beneficiaries before and …

CM Jones, C Shoff, K Hodges, C Blanco… - JAMA …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Federal emergency authorities were invoked during the COVID-19 pandemic to
expand use of telehealth for new and continued care, including provision of medications for …

[HTML][HTML] Shifting medication treatment practices in the COVID-19 pandemic: a statewide survey of Pennsylvania opioid treatment programs

N Krawczyk, H Maniates, E Hulsey… - Journal of addiction …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives We sought to understand how opioid treatment programs (OTPs) adapted OTP
operations to the COVID-19 pandemic and new federal regulations around methadone and …

Clinician perspectives on methadone service delivery and the use of telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study

SB Hunter, AR Dopp, AJ Ober… - Journal of Substance …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, opioid treatment programs (OTPs) in the US
were granted new flexibility in methadone dispensing and the use of telemedicine. To …

[HTML][HTML] Availability of telehealth-based services at syringe services programs under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

TS Bartholomew, HE Tookes, TA Chueng… - Harm Reduction …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction The expanded capacity of syringe services programs (SSPs) in the USA to
integrate telehealth services was largely related to flexibility of buprenorphine prescription in …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare delivery for people who use opioids: a scoping review

K Alexander, M Pogorzelska-Maziarz… - … , prevention, and policy, 2021 - Springer
Research objective The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted healthcare delivery worldwide with
likely negative effects on people who use opioids (PWUO). This scoping review of the …

[HTML][HTML] Six-month outcomes of the HOPE smartphone application designed to support treatment with medications for opioid use disorder and piloted during an early …

J Hodges, M Waselewski, W Harrington… - Addiction Science & …, 2022 - Springer
Background Morbidity and mortality related to opioid use disorder (OUD) in the US is at an
all-time high. Innovative approaches are needed to address gaps in retention in treatment …