A trial of implementation facilitation to increase timely admission to methadone treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the ongoing opioid epidemic, some Opioid Treatment Programs (OTPs) are unable to admit program applicants in a timely fashion. Interim methadone (IM) treatment (without routine counseling) is an effective approach to overcome this challenge when counseling capacity is inadequate to permit admissions within 14 days of request. It requires both federal and state approval and has been rarely utilized since its incorporation into the federal OTP regulations in 1993.

Methods

We evaluated the impact of Implementation Facilitation (IF) on OTPs providing timely admission to methadone treatment (i.e., within 14 days of request), adopting IM, and changing admissions procedures. IF included data collection on admission processes and an external facilitator who engaged

SUBMITTER: Gryczynski J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11197887 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature