ArticleJournal of substance abuse treatment2020
Health center implementation of telemedicine for opioid use disorders: A qualitative assessment of adopters and nonadopters.
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- Patient and provider experiences with opioid use disorder care delivered via telehealth: A systematic mixed-studies review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Pooled it
- Telemedicine Implementation for Safety Net Populations: A Systematic Review.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2024Pooled it
- Understanding the use of telemedicine across different opioid use disorder treatment models: A scoping review.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2025Article
- Telemedicine-delivered treatment for substance use disorder: A scoping review.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2025Article
- Telehealth Utilization for Opioid Use Disorder: A Nationwide Analysis Before and After the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Declaration.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2024Article
- Lessons for future pandemics: Temporal evolution and rural-urban variations in the impacts of the COVID-19 on opioid use treatment.PloS one · 2024Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on a telemedicine referral and coordination model to expand medication treatment for opioid use disorder in rural primary care clinics.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Article
- The Evolution of Telepsychiatry for Substance Use Disorders During COVID-19: a Narrative Review.Current addiction reports · 2023Review
- Patient evaluation of a smartphone application for telehealth care of opioid use disorder.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2022Article
- Telehealth-Based Delivery of Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: a Critical Review of Recent Developments.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
- Well-Being of Health Care Professionals Treating Opioid Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results From a National Survey.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
- A Scoping Review of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Barriers and Telehealth for African Americans with Disabilities in Rural Communities.Journal of rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The provision of counseling to patients receiving medications for opioid use disorder: Telehealth innovations and challenges in the age of COVID-19.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2021Article
- Telehealth Capability Among Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities in Counties With High Versus Low COVID-19 Social Distancing.Journal of addiction medicine · 2020Article
- Community Health Centers Uptake of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Trends, Barriers, and Successful Strategies.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Substance Use Disorder Treatment Through Telemedicine in the Age of CoVID-19.Journal of addictions nursingArticle
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Abstract
objectiveAlthough use of telemedicine for the treatment of opioid use disorders (Tele-OUD) is growing, there is limited research on how it is actually being deployed in treatment. We explored how health centers across the U.S. are using tele-OUD in treatment as well as reasons for nonadoption.
methodsWe used the 2018 SAMHSA Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator database and literature review to create a sample of community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers with telemental health services. From this list of health centers, we ued maximum diversity sampling to identify and recruit health center leaders to participate in semistructured interviews. We used inductive and deductive approaches to develop site summaries.
resultsTwenty-two health centers from 14 different states participated. Of these, 8 offered tele-OUD. Among centers with tele-OUD, medication management was the most common service provided via video. Typically, health centers offered telemedicine visits after an initial, in-person visit with a waivered (prescribing) provider. Some programs only offered counseling via telemedicine. Leading barriers to treatment that tele-OUD program representatives mentioned included regulations on the prescribing of controlled substances, including buprenorphine, and difficulties in sending lab results to distant (prescribing) providers. Nonadopters reported not offering tele-OUD due to regulations in controlled substance prescribing, complexities and regulatory barriers to offering group visits, and the belief that in-person OUD services were meeting patient need.
conclusionsTele-OUD is being deployed in a variety of ways. Describing current delivery models can inform strategies to promote and implement tele-OUD to combat the opioid epidemic.
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