One million screened: Scaling up SBIRT and buprenorphine treatment in hospital emergency departments across Maryland

Identification of problematic alcohol use and substance use in the population has been a clinical challenge, especially during the heightened years of the opioid epidemic. Bringing Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) to scale in medical settings, such as hospital emergency departments (EDs) could facilitate broad identification of substance use disorders, timely delivery of brief interventions, and successful linkages to treatment.

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - March 5, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Laura B. Monico, Marla Oros, Sadie Smith, Shannon Gwin Mitchell, Jan Gryczynski, Robert Schwartz Source Type: research