Online Library for Opioid Stewardship

Discharge and Treatment Referral: A Guide for Patients Beginning Buprenorphine Treatment at Home, Instruction and Referral Form

Resource Type: Guide
Year: 2018
Organization/Source: Yale School of Medicine
Tags: Connections to Care/Care Coordination, MAT/MOUD

When appropriate, patients with opioid use disorder can receive a prescription or first dose of buprenorphine in the hospital along with a direct referral for buprenorphine maintenance. This website contains English and Spanish instructions that health care providers can give to patients beginning buprenorphine at home, as well as a referral form template.

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