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    Emergency departments (EDs) are a critical point of entry into treatment for patients struggling with opioid use disorder (OUD). When initiated in the ED, buprenorphine is associated with increased addiction treatment engagement at 30 days when initiated. Despite this association, it has had slow adoption. The barriers to ED buprenorphine utilization are well documented; however, the benefits of prescribing buprenorphine for emergency physicians (EPs) have not been explored. This study utilized semistructured interviews to explore and understand how EPs perceive their experiences working in EDs that have successfully implemented ED bridge programs (EDBPs) for patients with OUD. Semistructured interviews were conducted with EPs from four geographically diverse academic hospitals with established EDBPs. Interviews were recorded and transcribed, and emergent themes were identified using codebook thematic analysis. Analysis credibility and transparency were confirmed with peer debriefing. Twenty-two interviews were conducted across the four sites. Three key themes were constructed during the analyses: (1) provided EPs agency; (2) transformed EPs' emotions, attitudes, and behaviors related to treating patients with OUD; and (3) improved EPs' professional quality of life. Participants in this study reported several common themes related to participation in their hospital's BP. Overall our results suggest that physicians who participate in EDBPs may feel a renewed sense of fulfillment and purpose in their personal and professional lives. These positive changes may lead to increased job satisfaction in hospitals that have successfully launched EDBP. © 2024 The Authors. Academic Emergency Medicine published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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    Jessica Marie Heil, Jonathan M Lassiter, Matthew S Salzman, Andrew Herring, Jason Hoppe, Michael Lynch, Scott G Weiner, Brian Roberts, Rachel Haroz. A qualitative assessment of emergency physicians' experiences with robust emergency department buprenorphine bridge programs. Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. 2024 Jun;31(6):576-583

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    PMID: 38357749

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