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Opioid Coalitions Used Data and Shared Goals to Expand MOUD/Naloxone

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A 2026 qualitative case study of 8 top-performing HEALing Communities Study communities linked opioid-response implementation success to representative coalition membership, shared goals, data connectivity, and communications campaigns, not to a simple urban-vs.-rural split.1 The useful lesson is operational: coalitions worked when collaboration was turned into service reach for medication for opioid use disorder and overdose …

ED Naloxone Need: 3.87M At-Risk Visits vs. 226K Overdoses

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A 2026 emergency department claims analysis estimated 3.87 million United States ED visits in 2021 where take-home naloxone could have been clinically relevant, compared with 226,453 ED-treated opioid-overdose visits in the same database.1 The finding reframes naloxone distribution as an emergency-care workflow for overdose risk, polysubstance exposure, long-term opioid use, and patients who arrive after …

Mobile Buprenorphine Unit Found 5 Follow-Up Patterns in 964 OUD Patients

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A 2026 preprint following 964 adults who used a Chicago mobile medical unit for opioid use disorder care found 5 follow-up patterns over 12 months: 56% made 1 visit, while the remaining patients showed slow decline, fast decline, infrequent use, or continued use.1 Research Highlights The cohort was large for mobile OUD care: 3,528 OUD-related …