Emergency Departments

This whitepaper examines telehealth risks utilizing the eight American Society for Health Care Risk Management (ASHRM) enterprise risk management (ERM) domains.

This guide focuses on evidence based interventions for the initiation of MAT in EDs, specifically buprenorphine. It provides guidance on developing programs to provide these clinical services, overcoming challenges, and successful implementation strategies.

This program — Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (Project SHOUT) — provides clinical leaders with the tools they need to start and maintain patients on buprenorphine or methadone during hospitalizations for any condition, be it medical, surgical, or obstetric.

The BMC MAT Quick Start App utilizes interactive clinical algorithms to walk clinicians through each step of the medication initiation process and pain management recommendations for patients with OUD. The app does not replace clinical decision-making and is meant to help inform clinicians regarding the use of medications for opioid use disorder.

This best practices guide provides resources and tips focused using telehealth for emergency departments.

These protocols for Emergency Department Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction were submitted to specialty societies for endorsement and publication in 2017.

Review that examined brief intervention implementation in general practice or emergency care settings and effects in reducing heavy drinking, finding that brief interventions can reduce alcohol consumption in hazardous and harmful drinkers compared to minimal or no intervention

Includes steps for getting paid for SBIRT in hospitals, emergency departments, and outpatient practices; provides information on business and billing practices to maintain successful SBIRT integration and use of electronic records integration to secure billing efficiency/training

Trains primary care and emergency medicine providers on SBIRT in medical settings

Guides emergency department practitioners through administering BNI with their patients, complete with step-by-step actions and case examples