A new clinical decision support tool avalable in Epic helps emergency department (ED) clinicians identify potential patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), evaluate OUD and withdrawal severity, initiate buprenorphine when appropriate, and refer for ongoing addiction care.
Experts at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHHS) developed the new Epic feature, known as Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder (EMBED). A randomized clinical trial found that this workflow