TY - JOUR
T1 - Treating an Epidemic During a Pandemic
T2 - Experience Treating Opioid Use Disorder at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital
AU - Chamberlain, Catherine J.
AU - Siddiqui, Zishan K.
AU - Chaudhary, Mihir J.
AU - Kantsiper, Melinda E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.
PY - 2022/10/21
Y1 - 2022/10/21
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - COVID-19
KW - alternate care site
KW - opioid use disorder
KW - substance use disorder
KW - sufficiency of care
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U2 - 10.1017/dmp.2021.303
DO - 10.1017/dmp.2021.303
M3 - Article
C2 - 34544521
AN - SCOPUS:85116321094
SN - 1935-7893
VL - 16
SP - 2134
EP - 2136
JO - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
JF - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
IS - 5
ER -