Clinical Trial: Rural Expanded Access to OUD Care & Linkage Using Toxicologists for Telehealth Initiated Treatment
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Opioid Use
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Expanding Rural Access to Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Utilizing Medical Toxicologists and the Georgia Poison Center to Facilitate Emergency Department- and Telehealth-Based Medication Initiation and
Brief Summary:
The overarching goal of this project is to increase the availability of OUD treatment in rural counties in the state of Georgia by using Emergency Department (ED)-based telehealth strategies to initiate MOUD and connect patients to treatment.The investigators will implement a novel collaboration between rural EDs, medical toxicologists at the Georgia Poison Center (GPC), peer recovery coaches (PRCs) and RCOs throughout Georgia to bridge the gap between OUD treatment need in rural EDs and specialty physician…
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