Treating Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department

Uncertainty about laws and supported treatment strategies often leave patients experiencing Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) mistreated and under-treated. This course aims to clarify supported treatment methods used in Emergency Departments to support better health outcomes.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand the regulation around MAT in the ED and hospital
• Learn an algorithm for starting MAT & understand its supporting research
• Discuss operational solutions to challenges around continuity of care
• Gain the tools to implement harm reduction strategies such as Naloxone distribution

Target Audience: Emergency Room Physicians 

Duration: 45 minutes

Continuing Education Information:  1.0 CME/CEU through the American Academy of Family Physicians through November 17, 2023

Format: Recorded Webinar

Created/Updated: Recorded November 2021; Updated August 2022

Author(s): Melody Glenn, MD

Arranged by:  University of Arizona Health Sciences Comprehensive Pain & Addiction Center

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest