Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team

This study is a multi-site, randomized pragmatic trial being conducted at three diverse sites. The study, called the Substance Use Treatment and Recovery Team (START), will evaluate whether a collaborative care team increases the use of two interventions-medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and opioid use disorder (OUD) focused discharge planning-among hospitalized patients with OUD, and improves linkage to follow-up care relative to usual care. The START consists of an addiction medicine specialist and a care manager who will use evidence-based tools to decrease barriers to MOUD and engage patients with post-discharge OUD care. A total of 414 patients will be randomized from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, and Baystate Health in Springfield, Massachusetts to receive either START or usual care, stratifying by prior MOUD exposure and site.