Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Addiction in the Emergency Department

Site PI: Andrew Herring, MD

Funder: California HealthCare Foundation

The objective of this project is to increase access to medically assisted treatment of opioid addiction through initiating treatment in the emergency department. The project will pilot a treatment model, proven successful in a controlled academic environment, in an urban region, and share the results in CHCF and peer-reviewed publications.