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Increasing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Removing the Training Requirement May Not Be Enough
Holly Ann Russell, Mechelle Sanders, Jessica K. V. Meyer, Elizabeth Loomis, Teraisa Mullaney and Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine November 2021, 34 (6) 1212-1215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210209
Holly Ann Russell
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
MD, MSMechelle Sanders
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
PhDJessica K. V. Meyer
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
Elizabeth Loomis
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
MDTeraisa Mullaney
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
MS, PhD(c)Kevin Fiscella
From the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (HAR); Department of Family Medicine, United Memorial Medical Center, Batavia, NY (EL); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (MS, KF); University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY (TM, JKVM).
MD, MPHReferences
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine
Vol. 34, Issue 6
November/December 2021
Increasing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Removing the Training Requirement May Not Be Enough
Holly Ann Russell, Mechelle Sanders, Jessica K. V. Meyer, Elizabeth Loomis, Teraisa Mullaney, Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2021, 34 (6) 1212-1215; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210209
Increasing Access to Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Removing the Training Requirement May Not Be Enough
Holly Ann Russell, Mechelle Sanders, Jessica K. V. Meyer, Elizabeth Loomis, Teraisa Mullaney, Kevin Fiscella
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Medicine Nov 2021, 34 (6) 1212-1215; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2021.06.210209
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