Scaling Emergency Department Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Across California to Reduce Overdose Deaths, 2019-2023.

Since April 2019, CA Bridge has worked with emergency departments (EDs) in diverse geographic and emergency care settings across California to scale up low-threshold buprenorphine access, patient navigation programs, harm reduction services, and take-home naloxone. Between April 2019 and June 2023, 268 (81.0%) of 331 acute care hospitals in California received funding and technical assistance from CA Bridge and completed data reporting.

Emergency Department Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder.

Importance: Although substantial evidence supports buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in controlled trials, prospective study of patient outcomes in clinical implementation of emergency department (ED) buprenorphine treatment is lacking.

Objective: To examine the association between buprenorphine treatment in the ED and follow-up engagement in OUD treatment 1 month later.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This multisite cohort study was conducted in 7 California EDs participating in a statewide implementation project to improve access to buprenorphine treatment.

A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Contingency Management for Substance Use Disorders in Low and Middle Income Countries.

Background: The impact of illicit substance use is especially devastating in low-resourced countries where factors such as poverty, unemployment, and inadequate services impede successful treatment. Contingency management (CM) is a treatment for substance use disorders that has shown to be effective in eliciting behaviour change. The efficacy of CM interventions in low and middle income countries (LMICs) has been under explored.