The Health Policy Journal Club examines the effects of a pilot program in California aimed at the emergency physician's role in harm reduction. Can ED-initiated buprenorphine be implemented at scale?

Even with recent decreases overall in overdose-related deaths, racial disparities persist with Black patients having the highest overdose-related deaths than any other racial group. Post-overdose pres

Efforts to minimize "unnecessary" emergency department visits may be misdirected. A review of insurance claims - including Medicaid - found that many patients, particularly from lower socioeconomic st

Opioid overdose deaths continue to trend upward. Multiple efforts have attempted to address this epidemic, including naloxone access. Is anything making an impact on drug use disorder deaths?

Studies are showing that Medicaid expansion - and its resulting increased access to primary care - could help alleviate emergency department crowding and ensure the department is able to focus on pati