Do electronic health record prompts increase take‐home naloxone administration for emergency department patients after an opioid overdose?

Background and Aims: Distribution of take‐home naloxone (THN) to emergency department (ED) patients who have survived an opioid overdose (OD) could reduce future opioid mortality, but is not commonly performed. We examined whether electronic health record (EHR) prompts provided to ED physicians when...

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Published in:Addiction Vol. 114; no. 9; pp. 1575 - 1582
Main Authors: Marino, Ryan, Landau, Aaron, Lynch, Michael, Callaway, Clifton, Suffoletto, Brian
Format: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Sep2019
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