Online Library for Opioid Stewardship

ED Peer Support Implementation Guide

Resource Type: Guide
Year: 2020
Organization/Source: NC Healthcare Foundation

This guide is a tool for introducing an ED peer support program in a hospital setting. The North Carolina Healthcare Foundation awarded six hospitals funding in 2018 to participate in a peer support pilot project. The cumulative program data from six hospital ED sites show that 4,166 patients were served by the peer support specialists in the 18 months since program implementation. Cumulatively, there was a 35% reduction in ED visits (from 7,690 to 5,036), a 38% reduction in hospitalizations (from 2,617 to 1,615), and a 6% reduction in 30-day readmissions (from 861 to 811).

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South Carolina
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