Telehealth vs In-Person Evaluation of Addiction Treatment After Visiting the Emergency Department

Description

Main study objective: compare long-term buprenorphine treatment outcomes for patients who start buprenorphine in the emergency department and are then referred to get outpatient buprenorphine treatment either via telehealth or at an in-person clinic. Researchers will: Compare rates of establishing outpatient treatment, how long patients stay on buprenorphine, and patients' experience with care to determine whether patient experiences and outcomes are better for patients referred to telehealth OUD treatment versus patients patients referred to in-person treatment after they leave the emergency department. Participants will: Be recruited from 3 different hospital emergency departments Answer questionnaires at baseline and then 1, 3, 6, and 9 months after their initial emergency department visit.

Conditions

Opioid Use Disorder

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Main study objective: compare long-term buprenorphine treatment outcomes for patients who start buprenorphine in the emergency department and are then referred to get outpatient buprenorphine treatment either via telehealth or at an in-person clinic. Researchers will: Compare rates of establishing outpatient treatment, how long patients stay on buprenorphine, and patients' experience with care to determine whether patient experiences and outcomes are better for patients referred to telehealth OUD treatment versus patients patients referred to in-person treatment after they leave the emergency department. Participants will: Be recruited from 3 different hospital emergency departments Answer questionnaires at baseline and then 1, 3, 6, and 9 months after their initial emergency department visit.

In Person vs Telehealth Opioid Use Disorder Treatment After Patients Leave the Emergency Department

Telehealth vs In-Person Evaluation of Addiction Treatment After Visiting the Emergency Department

Condition
Opioid Use Disorder
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

El Centro

El Centro Regional Medical Center Emergency Department, El Centro, California, United States, 92243

Sacramento

University of California Davis Emergency Department, Sacramento, California, United States, 95817

Sylmar

Olive View - UCLA Medical Center Emegency Department, Sylmar, California, United States, 91342

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Adult patients who present to the emergency department and receive buprenorphine (either administered or prescribed) to treat OUD
  • * do not have an established outpatient clinic where they will get buprenorphine when they leave the emergency department.
  • * inability to give consent
  • * patients living in institutions (e.g., nursing homes, prisons)
  • * unable to complete questionnaires in either English or Spanish

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Davis,

Aimee Moulin, MD MAS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Davis

Stephen G Henry, MD MSc, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Davis

Study Record Dates

2029-09-01