By Gina Shaw
A new clinical decision support tool available 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.
The new Epic feature, known as Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder (EMBED), was developed by experts at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHHS). A randomized clinical trial found that this