About this trial
This study is stage 2, round 3 of a larger study which refines and optimizes the EMBED clinical decision support (CDS) to increase number of ED physicians following standard of care for the administration of buprenorphine to appropriate patients with opioid use disorder. See NCT03658642
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Emergency department patient
18 years of age or older
Moderate to severe opioid use disorder
Disqualifiers
Under 18 years of age
Pregnant
Currently receiving medication for opioid use disorder
Trial design
Sequential
Treatments tested in this trial
Refined EMBED CDS
Other interventionRefined EMBED CDS
Provider alert that nurse completed COWS
Other interventionProvider alert that nurse completed COWS
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Proportion of encounters with Buprenorphine initiation in the ED
Proportion of eligible encounters with buprenorphine administered in the Emergency Department (ED) and/or prescribed buprenorphine on discharge from the ED. Obtained from EHR data.
Secondary outcomes
Proportion of eligible encounters with CDS engagement
Proportion of eligible encounters in which any portion of the EMBED workflow was documented or completed.
Proportion of encounters in which buprenorphine was ordered through EMBED vs. externally
Proportion of eligible encounters in which buprenorphine order is placed through EMBED (i.e., using EMBED order set).
Time spent on EMBED
Time (in seconds) spent on EMBED overall and by component.
Task Completion: Proportion of encounters with OUD diagnosis was recorded
Proportion of encounters where EMBED was opened in which the OUD diagnosis was recorded.
Sponsors and contacts
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Yale University
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Collaborator