Characterizing emergency clinician engagement with social drivers of health data among patients with opioid use disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize emergency department (ED) clinician engagement with electronic health record (EHR)-based social drivers of health (SDOH) data; test whether engagement differs in encounters with opioid use disorder (OUD); and, among OUD encounters, assess whether engagement is associated with medications for OUD (MOUD) treatment.

Materials and methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of adult ED encounters (January 2023-October 2024). OUD encounters, identified with a structured phenotype, were matched (1:2) to non-OUD encounters. Audit logs captured clinician engagement with structured SDOH questions ("SDOH Wheel"), ICD-10 Z codes in the Problem List, Social History free text, and social work notes. Engagement was any SDOH documentation or review of preexistin

SUBMITTER: Molina MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12723759 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature