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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Thakrar, Ashish P
• Furfaro, David
• Keller, Sara
• Graddy, Ryan
• Buresh, Megan
• Feldman, Leonard

Titel

A Resident‐Led Intervention to Increase Initiation of Buprenorphine Maintenance for Hospitalized Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Ist Teil von

• Journal of hospital medicine, 2021-06, Vol.16 (6), p.339-344

Ort / Verlag

United States: Frontline Medical Communications

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• BACKGROUND Hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) are rarely started on buprenorphine or methadone maintenance despite evidence that these medications reduce all‐cause mortality, overdoses, and hospital readmissions. OBJECTIVE To assess whether clinician education and a team of residents and hospitalist attendings waivered to prescribe buprenorphine increased the rate of starting patients with OUD on buprenorphine maintenance. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Quality improvement study conducted at a large, urban, academic hospital in Maryland involving hospitalized patients with OUD on internal medicine resident services. INTERVENTION We developed a protocol for initiating buprenorphine maintenance, presented an educational conference, and started the resident‐led Buprenorphine Bridge Team of residents and attendings waivered to prescribe buprenorphine to bridge patients from discharge to follow‐up. MEASUREMENTS The percent of eligible inpatients with OUD initiated on buprenorphine maintenance, 24 weeks before and after the intervention; engagement in treatment after discharge; and resident knowledge and comfort with buprenorphine. RESULTS The rate of starting buprenorphine maintenance increased from 10% (30 of 305 eligible patients) to 24% (64 of 270 eligible patients) after the intervention, with interrupted time series analysis showing a significant increase in rate (14.4%; 95% CI, 3.6%‐25.3%; P = .02). Engagement in treatment after discharge was unchanged (40%‐46% engaged 30 days after discharge). Of 156 internal medicine residents, 89 (57%) completed the baseline survey and 66 (42%) completed the follow‐up survey. Responses demonstrated improved resident knowledge and comfort with buprenorphine. CONCLUSION Internal medicine resident teams were more likely to start patients on buprenorphine maintenance after clinician education and implementation of a Buprenorphine Bridge Team.