ArticleJournal of telemedicine and telecare2025
Telemedicine-delivered treatment for substance use disorder: A scoping review.
Article in Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Patient and provider experiences with opioid use disorder care delivered via telehealth: A systematic mixed-studies review.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Pooled it
- Fifteen-month drinking reductions in a randomized clinical trial of cognitive-behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments and a matched nontreatment-seeking community sample.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2026Trial
- "The alternative is they're not getting care at all": a qualitative interview study of opioid use disorder treatment providers' perspectives on quality and appropriateness of telehealth for buprenorphine access.Harm reduction journal · 2026Article
- Board-certified psychiatric pharmacists in substance use disorder treatment: Integration, services, and outcomes across care settings.The mental health clinician · 2026Review
- Healthcare utilization among adults with co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders (2018-2023): A study based on All of Us program.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Facilitator perspectives on in-person versus videoconference delivery of a remedial intervention for impaired drivers: a qualitative study.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
- Preferences for clinical trial participation among people who use drugs in rural Oregon and Appalachian Ohio.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Article
- Digital Psychosocial Interventions Tailored for People in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Referral of patients from rural primary care clinics to telemedicine vendors for opioid use disorder treatment: A mixed-methods study.Journal of telemedicine and telecare · 2025Article
- Regulation and Compliance in Telemedicine: Viewpoint.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Examining the Influence of In-Person and Telehealth Intervention on Outcomes Using Real-World Data.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Association between Social Contact Frequency and Intimate Partner Violence among Patients with Comorbid Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders during COVID-19.Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma · 2025Article
- Patients' and Clinicians' Experiences with In-person, Video, and Phone Modalities for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: A Qualitative Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Comparison of Use Rates of Telehealth Services for Substance Use Disorder During and Following COVID-19 Safety Distancing Recommendations: Two Cross-Sectional Surveys.JMIR mental health · 2024Article
- Old tech but not low tech: telephone-based treatment provision for substance use.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
IntroductionThe COVID pandemic prompted a significant increase in the utilization of telemedicine (TM) for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. As we transition towards a "new normal" policy, it is crucial to comprehensively understand the evidence of TM in SUD treatment. This scoping review aims to summarize existing evidence regarding TM's acceptability, quality, effectiveness, access/utilization, and cost in the context of SUD treatment in order to identify knowledge gaps and inform policy decisions regarding TM for SUDs.MethodWe searched studies published in 2012-2022 from PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, and other sources. Findings were synthesized using thematic analysis.ResultsA total of 856 relevant articles were screened, with a final total of 42 articles included in the review. TM in SUD treatment was perceived to be generally beneficial and acceptable. TM was as effective as in-person SUD care in terms of substance use reduction and treatment retention; however, most studies lacked rigorous designs and follow-up durations were brief (≤3 months). Telephone-based TM platforms (vs video) were positively associated with older age, lower education, and no prior overdose. Providers generally consider TM to be affordable for patients, but no relevant studies were available from patient perspectives.ConclusionsTM in SUD treatment is generally perceived to be beneficial and acceptable and as effective as in-person care, although more rigorously designed studies on effectiveness are still lacking. Access and utilization of TM may vary by platform. TM service quality and costs are the least studied and warrant further investigations.
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