Long-Term Prospects for Telemedicine in Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment: Results from a Longitudinal Survey of OUD Clinicians.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the pandemic, there was a dramatic shift to telemedicine for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment. Little is known about how clinician attitudes about telemedicine use for OUD treatment are evolving or their preferences for future use.

Objective

To understand OUD clinician views of and preferences regarding telemedicine.

Design

Longitudinal survey (wave 1, December 2020; wave 2, March 2022).

Subjects

National sample of 425 clinicians who treat OUD.

Main measures

Self-reported proportion of OUD visits delivered via telemedicine (actual vs. preferred), comfort in using video visits for OUD, impact of telemedicine on work-related well-being.

Key results

The mean reported percentage of OUD visits delivered via telemedicine (vs. in per

SUBMITTER: Huskamp HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10038362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature