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Rapid Implementation of Peer Navigator-Led Telemedicine for Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Response to COVID-19

Grant number: 0e8562b0badd62e2aa89

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2020
    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $75,000

  • Funder

    FORE

  • Principal Investigator

    MD. Hansel Tookes

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    University of Miami

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Secondary impacts of disease, response & control measures

  • Research Subcategory

    Indirect health impacts

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Not applicable

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Unspecified

  • Vulnerable Population

    Unspecified

  • Occupations of Interest

    Unspecified

Abstract

The IDEA Exchange, the first syringe services program in Florida, will expand access to medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in underserved communities by offering tele-MOUD services on its mobile van. Staffed with a peer recovery specialist with ties to the Black community, the mobile unit will connect patients to clinicians at the IDEA Exchange's brick-and-mortar clinic who can prescribe medications, lead patients through the induction process, and schedule follow-up telehealth visits. The peer recovery specialist will guide patients and lead online recovery support groups.