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Lacking convenient referral options, hospital launches OUD bridge clinic
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32381
Subject(s) - buprenorphine , referral , opioid use disorder , naltrexone , medicine , bridge (graph theory) , medical emergency , family medicine , psychiatry , opioid , surgery , receptor
Frustration at Nashville, Tennessee's largest hospital over being unable to identify viable community treatment options for hospitalized patients with opioid use disorders (OUDs) has turned into excitement about the potential of a newly opened bridge clinic that will offer buprenorphine and injectable naltrexone treatment.