Opioid Use Disorder
Conditions
Keywords
opioid use disorder, hospital
Brief summary
The investigators implemented a multi-site hospital-based opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment intervention across 12 hospitals in Colorado to address an OUD treatment gap among hospitalized adults with OUD.
Detailed description
The investigators implemented a multi-site hospital-based opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment intervention across 12 hospitals in Colorado to address an OUD treatment gap among hospitalized adults with OUD. The intervention included nurse driven universal screening for unhealthy substance use with a social work referral for a brief intervention when indicted, electronic health record-embedded protocols to assess for opioid withdrawal and to direct buprenorphine initiation, methadone orders for opioid withdrawal symptoms, and embedded links for post discharge addiction treatment referral. It also included clinician education and nursing education via video conference or in-person lectures. The intervention was supported by the health system Chief Medical Officer and involved subject matters expertise and representation from nursing leaders, social work leaders, and hospital medicine leaders. Outcomes assess include a pre/post implementation assessment of 1) change in buprenorphine prescribed in hospital and 2) discharge, 3) change in naloxone prescribed, 4) change in hospital based methadone prescribing, and 5) change in average clinical opioid withdrawal scale (COWS) score. investigators also assessed a pre/post survey of hospitalists physicians and advanced practice providers to assess their perception of hospital based OUD treatment provision.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALOUD treatment intervention
Participants received education on the diagnosis and management of OUD, have access to protocols to walk them through assessment of OUD using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fifth Edition (DSM)-5, COWS score to calculate severity of opioid withdrawal, buprenorphine or methadone initiation with pre-populated orders, and clickable links for OUD treatment referral post discharge.
Sponsors
University of Colorado, Denver
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
This intervention will be implemented across 12 hospitals
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, and nurses who work at any affiliated hospitals
Exclusion criteria
* none
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in buprenorphine prescribing at hospital discharge | Calculate monthly prescribing rates over a three year time frame (including pre and post implementation) to assess for change | Change in rate of buprenorphine prescribing at hospital discharge among patients with OUD before and after intervention implementation |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in rates of methadone prescribing during hospitalization | Calculate monthly prescribing rates over a three year time frame (including pre and post implementation) to assess for change | Change in rate of in hospital methadone prescribing among patients with OUD before and after intervention implementation |
Countries
United States
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORSusan L Calcaterra, MD
University of Colorado, Denver
Outcome results
None listed