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Implementation Challenges and Recommendations for Employing Peer Support Workers in Emergency Departments to Support Patients Presenting After an Opioid Related Overdose

This paper outlines a study which aimed to identify the challenges to implementing peer recovery support services in the emergency department setting for individuals presenting with opioid use disorder. The authors selected relevant stakeholders with hospital related roles or expertise on peer support workers to interview for qualitative data collection. The results of this study identified several challenges at the system, hospital, and individual level. 

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Implementation Challenges and Recommendations for Employing Peer Support Workers in Emergency Departments to Support Patients Presenting after an Opioid-Related Overdose
Citation

Crisanti, A. S., Earheart, J., Deissinger, M., Lowerre, K., & Salvador, J. G. (2022). Implementation Challenges and Recommendations for Employing Peer Support Workers in Emergency Departments to Support Patients Presenting after an Opioid-Related Overdose. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(9), 5276.

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