A Focused Screening and Clinical Intervention with Streamlined Outpatient Linkage for Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Experiencing Homelessness

• Main Authors: Sandra Oreper (Author), Allison Bond (Author), Marilyn Bazinski (Author), Matthew Tierney (Author), Margaret Fang (Author), Sujatha Sankaran (Author), Aksharananda Rambachan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Patients experiencing homelessness have higher rates of substance use and related mortality, often driven by opioid overdose. Conversely, opioid use disorder (OUD) is a leading risk factor for homelessness. Our goal was to test the efficacy of an electronic health record (EHR) screen in...