ArticleJournal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology2020
Buprenorphine Initiation in the Emergency Department: a Thematic Content Analysis of a #firesidetox Tweetchat.
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- Physician Reluctance to Intervene in Addiction: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2024Pooled it
- "Talk About It!" Shared Decision-Making for Methadone and Buprenorphine Initiation: Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Conversation Aid via Community-Based Participatory Research.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2026Article
- Which social media platforms facilitate monitoring the opioid crisis?PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Public Perceptions About Monkeypox on Twitter: Thematic Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Methods to Establish Race or Ethnicity of Twitter Users: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- An Analysis of the #CovidPain Tweet Chat During the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020.Cureus · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionThe height of the opioid epidemic in the USA has led to an increasing call for access to medication assisted treatment for opioid use disorder, including buprenorphine initiation from the emergency department (ED). However, only a small percentage of emergency physicians feel prepared or have the necessary training to prescribe buprenorphine. Twitter has increasingly been used as a tool for medical education, and there is growing interest in using this forum to actively engage medical providers and the public. This study examined the views regarding ED initiation of buprenorphine treatment among contributors to the quarterly American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) tweetchat, #firesidetox, and the demographics of the participants.
methodsA mixed methods descriptive study was conducted to analyze individual responses and self-identified demographics among Twitter users participating in the #firesidetox tweetchat regarding the ACMT position statement about ED initiation of buprenorphine treatment.
resultsThis tweetchat included 86 participants, the majority of whom were clinicians in the USA. Physicians accounted for 46% of participants primarily emergency medicine physician toxicologists and authored 75% of the tweets. It consisted of 317 tweets which most frequently described clinical vignettes or experience (46%) or medical education (25%) related to buprenorphine and had themes related to treatment initiation location (ED vs outpatient vs home) (8.6%) and challenges and solutions to buprenorphine administration (8.6%).
conclusionsA tweetchat can be used to disseminate and discuss the adoption of buprenorphine in the ED. Importantly, the tweetchat provides a forum for experts to share narratives and expertise on implementation and barriers and successes in operationalizing buprenorphine administration in emergency departments.
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