Developing Implementation Strategies to Improve Access to Transitional Opioid Programs in Safety Net Hospitals
Funded by: National Institute on Drug Abuse
Project dates: August 2022 - June 2025
Principal Investigator: Chang, JiProject dates: August 2022 - June 2025
Principal Investigator: Franz B (contact PI)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This project assessed the current opioid programs offered by safety net hospitals and explored barriers and facilitators to adopting and implementing transitional opioid programs (TOPs) by interviewing hospital decision makers and community partners at five safety net hospitals, and convened an expert panel to identify and tailor high-yield implementation strategies to increase the availability of TOPs and other evidence-based opioid services in underserved communities.
Abstract on NIH RePORTERRelated Publications
Lindenfeld Z, Franz B, Lai AY, Pagán JA, Fenstemaker C, Cronin CE, Chang JE (2025). Forging hospital and community partnerships to enable care coordination for opioid use disorder
Addiction Science and Clinical Practice, 20 (1), 37. doi: 10.1186/s13722-025-00565-y. PMCID: PMC12020205.
Lindenfeld Z, Franz B, Lai AY, Pagan JA, Fenstemaker C, Cronin CE, Chang JE (2024).
Barriers and facilitators to establishing partnerships for substance use disorder care transitions between safety-net hospitals and community-based organizations
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 39 (12), 2150-2159. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08883-8. PMCID: PMC11347514.
Chang JE, Franz B, Pagan JA, Lindenfeld Z, Cronin CE (2023).
Substance use disorder program availability in safety-net and non-safety-net hospitals in the US
JAMA Network Open, 6 (8), e2331243. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.31243. PMCID: PMC10463097.