Application of an Opioid Use Disorder Cascade of Care in a Large Public Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over the past decade, hospitals and health systems have increasingly adopted interventions to address the needs of patients with substance use disorders. The Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Cascade of Care provides a framework for organizing and tracking patient health milestones over time, and can assist health systems in identifying areas of intervention to prevent overdose and maximize the impact of evidence-based services for patients with OUD. However, detailed protocols are needed to guide health systems in how to operationalize the OUD Cascade and track outcomes using their systems' electronic medical records (EMR).

Objective

In this paper, we describe the process of operationalizing and implementing the OUD Cascade in one large, urban, public hospital system.

SUBMITTER: Carter E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10614983 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature