Opioid Use Disorder Medications After Hospitalization—Rethinking Engagement in Care
Honora Englander
Abstract:Increasingly, health systems are recognizing hospitals as a critical touchpoint in the opioid use disorder (OUD) care continuum. Rapidly emerging evidence from observational studies show that interprofessional hospital-based addiction consultation services (ACS) c an mitigate stigma toward people who use drugs, increase patients' trust in hospital clinicians, increase in-hospital use of methadone and buprenorphine, reduce patient-directed discharges, educate a hospital workforce, transform health systems, and … Show more
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