Author:
Chamberlain Catherine J.,Siddiqui Zishan K.,Chaudhary Mihir J.,Kantsiper Melinda E.,
Abstract
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to addiction treatment has plummeted. At the same time, patients with opioid use disorder are at higher risk of COVID-19 infection and experience worse outcomes. The Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH), a state-run COVID-19 disaster hospital operated by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of Maryland Medical System, continues to operate 14 months into the pandemic to serve as an overflow unit for the state’s hospitals. BCCFH staff observed the demand for opioid use disorder care and developed admission criteria, a pharmacy formulary, and case management procedures to meet this need. This article describes generalized lessons from the BCCFH experience treating substance use disorder during a pandemic.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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