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  • Title: The intertwined expansion of telehealth and buprenorphine access from a prescriber hub.
    Author: Moore DT, Wischik DL, Lazar CM, Vassallo GG, Rosen MI.
    Journal: Prev Med; 2021 Nov; 152(Pt 2):106603. PubMed ID: 33974959.
    Abstract:
    In this manuscript, we describe how efforts to increase access to buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) through a telemedicine hub before and since the COVID-19 pandemic have played out in the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) in New England. We look at how the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent spike in opioid overdoses tilted the risk: benefit calculation for tele-prescribing a controlled substance such as buprenorphine toward expanding access to tele-buprenorphine. We conclude that there is a need for tele-buprenorphine hubs that can fill gaps in geographically dispersed healthcare systems.
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