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Impact of Substance Use Navigators on Initiation of Treatment for Substance Use Disorders and 30-Day Unplanned Readmission Open

Arianna Campbell, Allison D. Rosen, Steven Shoptaw, Andrew A. Herring, David C. Jay , et al. · 2025

Background The prevalence of substance use disorders (SUDs) is high among hospitalized patients, yet adoption of evidence-based practices to address SUDs in this population is limited. Substance use navigators (SUNs) are a promising interv…

Tenant Reports of In-Home Asthma Triggers and Adult Emergency Department Use Open

Zichuan Li, Sophia Carryl, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Dinah Foer, Adam L. Haber · 2025

Importance Housing conditions are well recognized as a significant contributor to asthma burden. However, due to the inherent difficulty of in-home exposure assessment, there is only limited evidence evaluating the extent of population-lev…

Increasing Emergency Department Patient Navigation And Buprenorphine Use: A Model For Low-Barrier Treatment Open

Elizabeth A. Samuels, Allison D. Rosen, Sarah Abusaa, Annette M. Dekker, David L. Schriger , et al. · 2025

Emergency departments (EDs) in the US treat large numbers of people with opioid use disorder (OUD), but most health systems do not equip EDs to provide OUD care. CA Bridge has supported the implementation of low-threshold, ED-initiated med…

Emergency Clinician Buprenorphine Initiation, Subsequent Prescriptions, and Continuous Prescriptions Open

Annette M. Dekker, David L. Schriger, Andrew A. Herring, Elizabeth A. Samuels · 2025

Importance Rates of opioid use disorder (OUD) and associated mortality in the US remain high. Treatment of OUD with buprenorphine reduces morbidity and mortality. There have been national efforts to expand buprenorphine initiation to the e…

Impact of California's naloxone co‐prescription law on emergency department visits, 30‐day mortality, and prescription patterns Open

Ali Ghobadi, Michael Hanna, Stephanie Tovar, D. O. H., Lewei Duan , et al. · 2024

This study revealed that the implementation of California's naloxone prescription mandate was associated with significantly increased naloxone prescribing and decreased opioid prescribing, but no significant change in ED opioid overdose vi…

Risk and protective factors associated with posttraumatic stress disorder among layperson responders to opioid overdose incidents. Open

Brendan Jacka, Nelson Lin, Reina Kiefer, Shannon R. Forkus, Alexa M. Raudales , et al. · 2024

Responding to opioid overdoses is traumatizing for many and results in a considerable burden of PTSD among layperson responders. As such, we call for trauma-informed interventions that cater to the unique experiences of layperson opioid ov…

“K Cramps,” Recurrent Abdominal Pain in a Patient with Chronic Ketamine Use: A Case Report Open

Tucker Avra, Jesús Torres, Kumar Vasudevan, Elizabeth A. Samuels · 2024

Introduction: Medical and nonmedical ketamine use is increasing in the United States. This will likely lead to an increase in emergency department (ED) visits in individuals experiencing associated side effects. Physicians will need to be …

Poor housing conditions are associated with neighborhood variation in childhood asthma emergency department visit rates in Austin, Texas Open

Zichuan Li, Rebecca A Zárate, Sophia Carryl, Alexia Leclercq, Susan Balcer Whaley , et al. · 2024

Tenant Reports of Poor Housing Conditions Are Associated with Neighborhood Rate of Childhood Asthma Emergency Department Visits in Boston, MA Open

Sophia Carryl, Zichuan Li, Keith Acosta, Gary Adamkiewicz, Elizabeth A. Samuels , et al. · 2024

Extended-Release 7-Day Injectable Buprenorphine for Patients With Minimal to Mild Opioid Withdrawal Open

Gail D’Onofrio, Andrew A. Herring, Jeanmarie Perrone, Kathryn Hawk, Elizabeth A. Samuels , et al. · 2024

Importance Buprenorphine is an effective yet underused treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). Objective To evaluate the feasibility (acceptability, tolerability, and safety) of 7-day injectable extended-release buprenorphine in patients …

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

Elizabeth A. Samuels, Allison D. Rosen, Melissa Speener, John Kaleekal, Mariah M. Kalmin , et al. · 2024

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 service…

Spatiotemporal analysis of the association between residential eviction and fatal overdose in Rhode Island Open

Alexandra Skinner, Yu Li, Victoria Jent, William C. Goedel, Benjamin D. Hallowell , et al. · 2024

Objective Policy ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic shape the concurrent housing and overdose crises in the USA. Housing insecurity is a known risk factor for overdose, yet how residential eviction may influence fatal overdose risk is …

Emergency Department Access to Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder Open

Andrew A. Herring, Allison D. Rosen, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Chunqing Lin, Melissa Speener , et al. · 2024

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 tr…

Characterizing opioid overdose hotspots for place-based overdose prevention and treatment interventions: A geo-spatial analysis of Rhode Island, USA Open

Elizabeth A. Samuels, William C. Goedel, Victoria Jent, Lauren Conkey, Benjamin D. Hallowell , et al. · 2024

Neighborhoods with increased prevalence of housing instability and poverty are at highest risk of overdose. The high availability of social services in overdose hotspots presents an opportunity to work with established organizations to pre…

Leveraging a Learning Collaborative Model to Develop and Pilot Quality Measures to Improve Opioid Prescribing in the Emergency Department Open

Kathryn Hawk, Scott G. Weiner, Craig Rothenberg, Edward Bernstein, Gail D’Onofrio , et al. · 2023

91 Bridging to Better Substance Use Treatment: Implementation and Effectiveness of Statewide Emergency Department Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Programs in California Open

Elizabeth A. Samuels, ALLAN S. ROSEN, John Kaleekal, Melissa Speener, Arianna Campbell , et al. · 2023

Emergency Department Buprenorphine Quality Improvement and Emergency Physician Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Efficacy Open

Michelle L. Myles, Kelli Scott, Hannah N. Ziobrowski, Sarah A. Helseth, Sara J. Becker , et al. · 2023

After an ED QI initiative, buprenorphine prescribing in the ED increased, as did both physician confidence in working with patients who use drugs and their knowledge of buprenorphine. Increased confidence was associated with higher odds of…

Behavioral Health Decision Support Systems and User Interface Design in the Emergency Department Open

Nicholas W. Jones, Sophia Song, Nicole M. Thomasian, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Megan L. Ranney · 2023

Objective The objective of this qualitative study is to gauge physician sentiment about an emergency department (ED) clinical decision support (CDS) system implemented in multiple adult EDs within a university hospital system. This CDS sys…

Examination of the Accuracy of Existing Overdose Surveillance Systems Open

Jennifer A. Griffith, Laura C. Chambers, Benjamin D. Hallowell, Ashley Gaipo, Craig Mailloux , et al. · 2023

Importance Health departments have used a variety of methods for overdose surveillance, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is implementing a standardized case definition to improve overdose surveillance nationally. Th…

Emotion Dysregulation as a Risk Factor for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Stemming from Opioid Overdose Responding Among Community Laypeople Open

Nicole H. Weiss, Shannon R. Forkus, Alexa M. Raudales, Reina Kiefer, Emmanuel D. Thomas , et al. · 2023

Evaluation of a Statewide Policy to Improve Post-Overdose Care in Emergency Departments and Subsequent Treatment Engagement. Open

Laura C. Chambers, Benjamin D. Hallowell, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Mackenzie Daly, Janette Baird , et al. · 2023

Statewide post-overdose treatment standards may improve provision of some ED services. Additional strategies are needed to improve subsequent treatment engagement.

Statewide Policy to Increase Provision of Take-Home Naloxone at Emergency Department Visits for Opioid Overdose, Rhode Island, 2018‒2019 Open

Jennifer A. Griffith, Rachel R. Yorlets, Laura C. Chambers, Corey S. Davis, Anna E. Wentz , et al. · 2023

In 2017, Rhode Island responded to rising overdose deaths by establishing statewide emergency department (ED) treatment standards for opioid overdose and opioid use disorder. One requirement of the policy is that providers prescribe or pro…

Outcome class imbalance and rare events: An underappreciated complication for overdose risk prediction modeling Open

Abigail R. Cartus, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Magdalena Cerdá, Brandon D. L. Marshall · 2023

Background and aims Low outcome prevalence, often observed with opioid‐related outcomes, poses an underappreciated challenge to accurate predictive modeling. Outcome class imbalance, where non‐events (i.e. negative class observations) outn…

Provider and administrator attitudes and experiences with implementing telebuprenorphine during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods survey Open

Babak Tofighi, Rosalina Lopez, Gabriela Venícia Araujo Flores, Joshua D. Lee, Elizabeth A. Samuels , et al. · 2023

Findings from this study highlight considerable heterogeneity in the delivery of telebuprenorphine services.

An evaluation of the association between specific post‐overdose care services in emergency departments and subsequent treatment engagement Open

Laura C. Chambers, Benjamin D. Hallowell, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Mackenzie Daly, Janette Baird , et al. · 2023

A Quality Measurement Framework for Emergency Department Care of Psychiatric Emergencies Open

Dana D. Im, Kirstin W. Scott, Arjun K. Venkatesh, Luis F. Lobon, David S. Kroll , et al. · 2022

Sociodemographic and prescribing characteristics that impact long-term retention in buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder among a statewide population Open

Benjamin D. Hallowell, Laura C. Chambers, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Jeffrey Bratberg, James McDonald , et al. · 2022

Emergency Nurses’ Perceptions of Opioid Use Disorder and Its Treatment in the Emergency Department Open

Christiana K Prucnal, Dawn Williamson, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Kristina Monteiro, Margaret Samuels‐Kalow · 2022

Objectives: To describe the knowledge and attitudes of emergency nurses regarding caring for patients with opioid use disorder in the emergency department.Background: Many eligible patients with opioid use disorder do not receive available…

Effect of a Peer-Led Behavioral Intervention for Emergency Department Patients at High Risk of Fatal Opioid Overdose Open

Francesca L. Beaudoin, Brendan Jacka, Yu Li, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Benjamin D. Hallowell , et al. · 2022

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03684681.

The Perceived Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social Needs of Adult Emergency Department Patients Open

Timothy H. Gallagher, Kelly M. Doran, Elizabeth A. Samuels, Ryan McCormack · 2022

This study suggests that unmet social needs have risen because of COVID-19, and EDs may be positioned to identify and assist affected patients.

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