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Methadone Induction for a Patient With Precipitated Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Case Report (Benjamin Church, Ryan Clark, William Mohn, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2023)

In the era of illicit fentanyl, reports on difficulties with buprenorphine inductions for patients with opioid use disorder are emerging. Methadone is the only other approved medication treatment with efficacy similar to buprenorphine but without ...

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine Across 5 Healthcare Systems (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2023)

Background: Opioid overdose deaths have disproportionately impacted Black and Hispanic populations, in part due to disparities in treatment access. Emergency departments (EDs) serve as a resource for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), many of ...

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Methadone Induction for a Patient With Precipitated Withdrawal in the Emergency Department: A Case Report (Benjamin Church, Ryan Clark, William Mohn, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2022)

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"Just give them a choice": Patients' perspectives on starting medications for opioid use disorder in the ED (Elizabeth Schoenfeld, Lauren Westafer, Jillian Tozloski, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2022)

Study objectives: Medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) prescribed in the Emergency Department (ED) have the potential to save lives and help people start and maintain recovery. We sought to explore patient perspectives regarding the ...

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"This is Part of Emergency Medicine Now" A Qualitative Assessment of Emergency Clinicians' Facilitators of and Barriers to Initiating Buprenorphine (Elizabeth Schoenfeld, William Soares, Emily Schaffer, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Objectives: Despite evidence demonstrating the safety and efficacy of buprenorphine for the treatment of emergency department (ED) patients with opioid use disorder (OUD), incorporation into clinical practice has been highly variable. We explored barriers and ...

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Management of Postabortion Complications for the Emergency Medicine Clinician (William Soares and Kathleen Kerrigan) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Although induced abortion is generally a safe outpatient procedure, many patients subsequently present to the emergency department, concerned about a postabortion complication. It is helpful for emergency physicians to understand the medications and procedures used ...

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Safety Assessment of a Noninvasive Respiratory Protocol for Adults with COVID-19 (William Soares, Elizabeth Schoenfeld, Paul Visintainer, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2020)

As evidence emerged supporting noninvasive strategies for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related respiratory distress, we implemented a noninvasive COVID-19 respiratory protocol (NCRP) that encouraged high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and self-proning across our healthcare system. To assess ...

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No evidence of increasing COVID-19 in health care workers after implementation of high flow nasal cannula: A safety evaluation (Lauren Westafer, William Soares, Doug Salvador, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Background: Initial recommendations discouraged high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) in COVID-19 patients, driven by concern for healthcare worker (HCW) exposure. Noting high morbidity and mortality from early invasive mechanical ventilation, we implemented a COVID-19 respiratory ...

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Trends in Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Admissions in Health Care Systems in 5 States in the First Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Importance: As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread throughout the US in the early months of 2020, acute care delivery changed to accommodate an influx of patients with a highly contagious infection about which little was ...

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Missed Opportunities to Save Lives-Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdose (Elizabeth Schoenfeld, Lauren Westafer and William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2020)

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Progress Report on EMBED: A Pragmatic Trial of User-Centered Clinical Decision Support to Implement EMergency Department-Initiated BuprenorphinE for Opioid Use Disorder (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Buprenorphine (BUP) can safely and effectively reduce craving, overdose, and mortality rates in people with opioid use disorder (OUD). However, adoption of ED-initiation of BUP has been slow partly due to physician perception this practice ...

Professionalism Milestones Assessments Used by Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Cross-sectional Survey (Christine R Stehman, Steven Hochman, Madonna Fernández-Frackelton, et al.) The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2019)

INTRODUCTION: Professionalism is a vital component of quality patient care. While competency in professionalism is Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-mandated, the methods used to evaluate professionalism are not standardized, calling into question the ...

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Professionalism Milestones Assessments Used by Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Cross-sectional Survey. (Christine R Stehman, Steven Hochman, Madonna Fernández-Frackelton, et al.) The Western Journal of Emergency Medicine (2019)

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Professionalism Milestones Assessments Used by Emergency Medicine Residency Programs: A Cross-sectional Survey (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2019)

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A Thousand Cuts: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Emergency Medicine (William Soares, Kenneth Knowles and Peter Friedmann) All Scholarly Works (2019)

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Risk Factors for Severe Opioid-Related Adverse Events in a National Cohort of Medical Hospitalizations (Mihaela Stefan, Penny Pekow, Meng-Shiou Shieh, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Opioids are a leading cause of adverse drug events in the hospital. Guidelines recommend that physicians assess the risks of opioids and discuss them with patients when considering opioid use. There are no studies ...

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Accuracy Screening for ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Task-switching Simulation (William Soares, Brendan Prast, Elizabeth Tarbox, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

Introduction: Interruptions in the emergency department (ED) are associated with clinical errors, yet are important when providing care to multiple patients. Screening triage electrocardiograms (ECG) for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) represent a critical interrupting ...

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Incidence of future arrests in adults involved in the criminal justice system with opioid use disorder receiving extended release naltrexone compared to treatment as usual (William Soares, Donna M Wilson and Peter Friedmann) All Scholarly Works (2019)

BACKGROUND: Criminal justice involved (CJS) populations with opioid use disorder (OUD) have high rates of relapse, future arrests, and death upon release. While medication for OUD (MOUD) reduces opioid relapse, concerns regarding diversion and stigma ...

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Healthcare utilization in adults with opioid dependence receiving extended release naltrexone compared to treatment as usual (William Soares, Donna M Wilson, Niels Rathlev, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2018)

BACKGROUND: Opioid use disorders have reached epidemic proportions, with overdose now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States. Extended release naltrexone (XR-NTX) has emerged as a medication treatment that reduces opioid use ...

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A Prospective Evaluation of Clinical HEART Score Agreement, Accuracy, and Adherence in Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients (William Soares, Alex Knee, Seth Gemme, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Study objective: The HEART score is a risk stratification aid that may safely reduce chest pain admissions for emergency department patients. However, differences in interpretation of subjective components potentially alters the performance of the score. ...

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Emergency Department Visits for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Six US Health Care Systems (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Study objective: People with opioid use disorder are vulnerable to disruptions in access to addiction treatment and social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study objective was to understand changes in emergency department (ED) utilization ...

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The Impact of a Medical Education Research Faculty Development Program on Career Development, Through the Lens of Social Cognitive Career Theory (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2020)

Objectives: The Medical Education Research Certificate at the Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine (MERC at CORD), a specialized adaptation of the Association of American Medical Colleges MERC program, provides faculty development in education ...

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The Stay S.A.F.E. Strategy for Managing Interruptions Reduces Distraction Time in the Simulated Clinical Setting (William Soares and Philip Henneman) All Scholarly Works (2018)

Interruptions occurring during the delivery of health care are frequent and create a serious threat to patient safety. It is important to test strategies directed at decreasing the negative effects of interruptions. The purpose of ...

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Comparison of the multiple mini-interview with the traditional interview for u.s. Emergency medicine residency applicants: a single-institution experience (William Soares) All Scholarly Works (2015)

PURPOSE: The multiple mini-interview (MMI) is a validated interview technique used primarily to evaluate medical school applicants. No study has compared MMIs with traditional interviews (TIs) in the evaluation of U.S. emergency medicine residency (EMR) ...

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