A mobile addiction service for community-based overdose prevention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22086216 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael D Pepin (UMass Memorial Health Care), Jillian K Joseph (UMass Memorial Health Care), Brittany Chapman (0000-0001-5761-5135, UMass Memorial Health Care), Brittany P Chapman, Christina McAuliffe (UMass Memorial Health Care), Logan K O’Donnell (UMass Memorial Health Care), Ryan L Marano (UMass Memorial Health Care), Stephanie Carreiro (0000-0003-1798-9006, UMass Memorial Health Care), Stephanie P Carreiro, Erik J Garcia (0000-0003-4760-7048, UMass Memorial Health Care), Hugh Silk (0000-0001-7360-5682, UMass Memorial Health Care), Kavita M Babu (0000-0002-2908-0468, UMass Memorial Health Care, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Pages | 1154813-1154813 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-19 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2296-2565 • E-ISSN: 2296-2565 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1154813 |
| PMID | 37538275 |
| OpenAlex | W4384827993 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
Mainstays of opioid overdose prevention include medications for opioid use disorder (e.g., methadone or buprenorphine) and naloxone distribution. Inadequate access to buprenorphine limits its uptake, especially in communities of color, and people with opioid use disorders encounter multiple barriers to obtaining necessary medications including insurance, transportation, and consistent availability of telephones. UMass Memorial Medical Center and our community partners sought to alleviate these barriers to treatment through the deployment of a mobile addiction service, called the Road to Care. Using this approach, multidisciplinary and interprofessional providers deliver holistic addiction care by centering our patients’ needs with respect to scheduling, location, and convenience. This program also extends access to buprenorphine and naloxone among people experiencing homelessness. Additional systemic and individualized barriers encountered are identified, as well as potential solutions for future mobile addiction service utilization. Over a two-year period, we have cared for 1,121 individuals who have accessed our mobile addiction service in over 4,567 encounters. We prescribed buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone®) to 330 individuals (29.4% of all patients). We have distributed nearly 250 naloxone kits directly on-site or and more than 300 kits via prescriptions to local pharmacies. To date, 74 naloxone rescue attempts have been reported back to us. We have demonstrated that a community-based mobile addiction service, anchored within a major medical center, can provide high-volume and high-quality overdose prevention services that facilitate engagement with additional treatment. Our experience is described as a case study below
Addiction · Buprenorphine · Medical emergency · Methadone · Opioid · Opioid overdose · Opioid use disorder · Psychiatry · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |