NIH study: MOUD in prison reduces relapse and reincarceration

NIH research shows that providing treatment for opioid use disorder in correctional facilities saves lives, reduces overdoses, and breaks cycles of reincarceration. Access to care = access to change.

This #JGIM #OriginalResearch study aimed to establish expert consensus on the potential utility of various implementation strategies to support Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (#SBIRT) for patients with opioid use disorder in safety-net hospitals Read more ⬇️: https://rdcu.be/ezVqf

NC turns to mobile clinics to expand substance use treatment State officials say mobile units will deliver methadone and other medications for opioid use disorder to rural and underserved areas. Full story at www.nchealthnews.org

Do you know the currently available and effective strategies for treating adult patients who use opioids? Learn more at the New York State Department of Health AI Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder Guideline. Find it at https://lnkd.in/gSJdgK4t #HIVguidelines #health #opioids #drugs

An electronic health record–integrated clinical decision support system increased prescriptions for naloxone and opioid use disorder treatment with no change in treatment coverage duration or overdose and death rates. https://ja.ma/4m6XGVa

In the US, methadone treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) can only be provided by opioid treatment programs (OTPs). Maureen Stewart and coauthors from Boston University School of Public Health, The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, and University of Rhode Island conducted interviews with key informants to identify the advantages, disadvantages, barriers, and facilitators of pharmacy-based methadone treatment. The authors find that legislative and regulatory changes could expand access to methadone. Read the article: https://bit.ly/3KukIbb

Our Opioid Recovery & Care Access (ORCA) Center is up and running – and individuals dealing with opioid use disorder are already stabilizing and finding support.    “The opening here really caps the significant progress that we have made to build the infrastructure and the response that we need to address the opioid overdose crisis,” said King County Executive Shannon Braddock at our grand opening in August.     Learn more about this innovative space for recovery, treatment, and steps toward stability:    https://lnkd.in/giacQZXr #ContinuumOfCare #DESC 

Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Diagnoses Increased 40 Percent from 2021 to 2024. Nationally, among the commercially insured population, patients with opioid use disorder diagnoses showed an overall increase from 2021 to 2024, according to FAIR Health’s Opioid Tracker. In 2021, there were 386 patients with opioid use disorder diagnoses per 100,000 patients, while in 2024 there were 539, an increase of 39.8 percent. This and other findings were reported today when FAIR Health released its annual update of the Opioid Tracker, a free, interactive tool tracking opioid use disorder among commercially insured patients nationally and state by state. A brief released simultaneously offers a user’s guide to the Opioid Tracker. View FAIR Health's Opioid Tracker here: https://lnkd.in/ei7xSur7 View the user’s guide here: https://lnkd.in/ekhwHEFE Read the press release here: https://lnkd.in/eVbd4zzS Sign up to receive updates on new FAIR Health studies, infographics, grant-funded projects and more here: https://lnkd.in/eiGXT5MT #opioidtracker #opioiduse #healthcare #data #transparency

Expanding access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in rural areas is critical. A new study highlights a successful model that helped small, rural primary care clinics significantly increase their capacity to prescribe buprenorphine. #Physiciansweekly. Read the insights. https://buff.ly/54afiTB #OUD #PrimaryCare #RuralHealth #AddictionMedicine

A new study from the USC Schaeffer Institute found that in 2023, only 39% of US retail pharmacies carried buprenorphine, a key medication used to treat opioid use disorder. 📉 That number drops to less than 20% of pharmacies in communities of color. This is a stark reminder that addressing the opioid crisis must include tackling racial and geographic disparities in access to treatment. Access to treatment shouldn't depend on your zip code. Read the study: 👉 https://ow.ly/vWgX50X4uea #OpioidCrisis #Buprenorphine #OUD #MOUD