Summary: In this episode, a panel of experts talks about the experience with OUD in the time of COVID and specifically efforts to maintain access to MAT during COVID. Note that the original recording contained contributions from Dr. Karen Scott (President, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts) and Dr. Alister Martin (Emergency Medical Specialist, Founder Get Waivered) but were cut for the podcast due to time constraints. Guests: Gail D’Onofrio, MD, MS Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Chief of Emergency Services, Yale New Haven Hospital Emily Kauffman, DO, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Sandra Schneider, MD, FACEP Associate Executive Director, Clinical Affairs Past President American College of Emergency Physicians Karen Scott, MD, MPD Present, Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) Alister Martin MD, MPP Emergency Medical Specialist, Founder, Get Waivered Host: Jason Woods, MD Audio Editor: Kellen Vu www.acep.org/equal Additional Resources: www.forefdn.org www.getwaivered.com/remote https://www.drugabuse.gov/ed-buprenorphine https://medicine.yale.edu/edbup/ References 1. Volkow ND. Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics. Ann Intern Med. 2020;173(1):61-62. doi:10.7326/M20-1212 2. Hedegaard H, Minino A and Warner M. Drug Overdose Deaths in the United States, 1999-2018. NCHS Data Brief, number 356. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics 2020. 3. Hall OT, Hall OE, Kolodny A, Teater J, McGrath RP. Assessment of Excess Mortality Associated With Drug Overdose in Ohio From 2009 to 2018. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(4):e202183. Published 2020 Apr 1. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.2183 4. Hall OT, Hall OE, McGrath RP, Haile ZT. Years of Life Lost due to Opioid Overdose in Ohio: Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Excess Mortality. J Addict Med. 2020;14(2):156-162. doi:10.1097/ADM.0000000000000554
