Alcohol Use Disorder: Screening Tools and Medications in the ED
How to screen for AUD and start naltrexone or other medications to reduce cravings and break the cycle of problematic drinking.
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Alcohol Use Disorder: Screening Tools and Medications in the ED
How to screen for AUD and start naltrexone or other medications to reduce cravings and break the cycle of problematic drinking. -
Emergency Medicine as Leaders in Care Provision for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Emergency physicians can lead system-wide OUD care, bridging gaps and improving outcomes beyond the ED. Learn how to drive institutional change. -
The New Mexico Bridge Program
In 2020, New Mexico established the New Mexico (NM) Bridge—a new initiative to address the state’s rapidly...
Emergency Medicine as Leaders in Care Provision for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Emergency physicians can lead system-wide OUD care, bridging gaps and improving outcomes beyond the ED. Learn how to drive institutional change.
The New Mexico Bridge Program
In 2020, New Mexico established the New Mexico (NM) Bridge—a new initiative to address the state’s rapidly…
Dr. Alister Martin’s Medical Entrepreneurship for Equity
Alister Martin, MD, MPP, encapsulates a mindset that embodies the spirit of emergency medicine: the entrepreneurial spirit….
Shift from Metabolize-to-Freedom to Medication-Assisted Treatment
“Metabolize to freedom” or “MTF” as it is commonly known to emergency physicians is too frequently the…
By the Numbers: X-Waiver
Health Care Workers 1,200 signed up for the largest ever remote DEA X-Waiver session 3 states with…
Improve Opioid Use Disorder Management by Changing Resident Training
The last decade has witnessed a brutal toll of opioid-related suffering and deaths. Opioid addiction has shifted from…
Few U.S. Doctors Can Legally Prescribe Buprenorphine
Fewer than one in 10 primary care providers in the U.S. can prescribe the opioid-addiction medication buprenorphine,…
What You Need to Know About Vaping-Associated Pulmonary Injury
Using electronic cigarettes, or vaping, has become increasingly popular within the past several years. Within the past…
In States with Most Overdose Deaths, Poor Patients Struggle to Find Treatment
Poor people with opioid use disorders may struggle to find doctors to prescribe the anti-addiction drug buprenorphine…