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Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Despite more than a decade of investment in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment infrastructure, the year 2020 saw the highest mortality related to opioid overdose in American history. Treatment access remains critically limited, with less than half of people living with OUD receiving any treatment....
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07355-7 |
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author | Incze, Michael A. Kelley, A. Taylor Gordon, Adam J. |
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description | Despite more than a decade of investment in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment infrastructure, the year 2020 saw the highest mortality related to opioid overdose in American history. Treatment access remains critically limited, with less than half of people living with OUD receiving any treatment. Primary care has been referred to as the “sleeping giant” of addiction care, as few primary care doctors currently prescribe medications to treat OUD. The “clinical champions” framework is a tool that has shown promise in creating the type of mentorship and culture change necessary to expand uptake of medication-based OUD treatment among primary care providers. The early success of this model and the increased availability of tools for broad implementation warrant further investment as a means of leading primary care into a larger role in combatting the opioid addiction epidemic. |
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spelling | pubmed-87514612022-01-11 Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Incze, Michael A. Kelley, A. Taylor Gordon, Adam J. J Gen Intern Med Perspective Despite more than a decade of investment in opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment infrastructure, the year 2020 saw the highest mortality related to opioid overdose in American history. Treatment access remains critically limited, with less than half of people living with OUD receiving any treatment. Primary care has been referred to as the “sleeping giant” of addiction care, as few primary care doctors currently prescribe medications to treat OUD. The “clinical champions” framework is a tool that has shown promise in creating the type of mentorship and culture change necessary to expand uptake of medication-based OUD treatment among primary care providers. The early success of this model and the increased availability of tools for broad implementation warrant further investment as a means of leading primary care into a larger role in combatting the opioid addiction epidemic. Springer International Publishing 2022-01-11 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8751461/ /pubmed/35018566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07355-7 Text en © The Author(s) under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine 2021 |
spellingShingle | Perspective Incze, Michael A. Kelley, A. Taylor Gordon, Adam J. Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title | Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title_full | Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title_fullStr | Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title_full_unstemmed | Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title_short | Champions Among Us: Leading Primary Care to the Forefront of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment |
title_sort | champions among us: leading primary care to the forefront of opioid use disorder treatment |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751461/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35018566 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-021-07355-7 |
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