Objectives The opioid crisis has risen dramatically in North America in the new millennium,
due to both illegal and prescription opioid use. While emergency departments (EDs) …

BackgroundOpioid 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 …

The treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine and methadone reduces morbidity
and mortality in patients with opioid use disorder. The initiation of buprenorphine in the …

Emergency departments (EDs) administer lifesaving interventions all day every day and all
night every night. In addition to rapidly resuscitating and stabilizing patients with acute …

Study objective There is strong evidence supporting emergency department (ED)-initiated
buprenorphine for opioid use disorder, but less is known about how to implement this …

Introduction Opioid overdose deaths are increasing, and improving access to evidence-
based treatment is necessary. Emergency department (ED) initiation of treatment for opioid …

Background The opioid epidemic remains a public health crisis and most people with opioid
use disorder (OUD) do not receive effective treatment. The emergency department (ED) can …

Background: Concurrent with the opioid overdose crisis there has been an increase in
hospitalizations among people with opioid use disorder (OUD), with one in ten hospitalized …

Over 2 million Americans misuse prescription or illicitly obtained opioids, and opioid
overdose deaths rose to a record 47,600 in 2017, representing a nearly 600% increase in …

Abstract Background The Emergency Department (ED) frequently treats patients with drug
overdoses and is an important resource for individuals with opioid use disorder who are …