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February 22, 2026Journal of Hospital Medicine

A mixed methods assessment of an electronic health record‐embedded intervention with supportive education and outreach to increase in‐hospital opioid use disorder treatment initiation

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SCSusan L. CalcaterraUniversity of Colorado HospitalSLSteven LockhartChildren's Hospital ColoradoEGEric GrimmUniversity of Colorado Hospital

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Mixed methods assessment shows low in-hospital opioid use disorder treatment initiation, suggesting limited intervention effectiveness.

Key Points

  • Evaluate the impact of an EHR-embedded intervention on in-hospital opioid use disorder medication initiation.
  • Conducted a mixed-methods study across 12 hospitals.
  • Performed interrupted time series analysis on hospitalizations related to opioid use disorder and poisoning.
  • Analyzed interviews from 60 healthcare providers about the intervention's implementation and effects.
  • No significant change in monthly methadone administrations or discharge naloxone prescriptions post-intervention.
  • Buprenorphine discharge prescriptions decreased from 10.5% to 8.2% after implementation.
  • Increased documentation of Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale assessments from 7.3% to 14.5% in the immediate post-intervention period.

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Calcaterra et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699a9d3c482488d673cd3088https://doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70289
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