Annals of family medicine
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Annals of family medicine · Jan 2025
Evaluation of a Program Designed to Support Implementation of Prescribing Medication for Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care Practices.
Offering medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in primary care can increase access to effective opioid use disorder treatment and help address the US opioid crisis. We describe a primary care office-based opioid treatment program and addiction consultation service model designed to support small, rural clinics to increase their capacity for MOUD. ⋯ This model supported primary care practices that were initially doing little to no MOUD prescribing, to prescribe at significantly higher levels by the end of the program. This scalable model for addiction consultation in primary care settings illustrates how education and support to clinical teams can help practices makes changes, especially those with limited MOUD experience.