Prevention and Rapid Outreach for Treatment, Engagement, and Care Transition From the Emergency Department

Prior treatment

• Prior enrollment in the PROTECT-ED study.

Other

• Inability to provide informed consent during the index emergency department encounter.
• Lack of a reliable telephone number for study follow-up.

• Are 18 years of age or older.
• Present to the Johns Hopkins Hospital Emergency Department.
• Have been released within the previous 180 days from a prison, jail, juvenile detention facility, immigration detention facility, halfway house, residential reentry center, or other correctional setting. Recent incarceration may be confirmed through participant self-report, electronic medical record documentation, the Victim Information and Notification Everyday (VINE) system, or other available documentation. Participant self-report alone is sufficient to establish eligibility.
• Meet criteria for opioid use disorder or hazardous opioid use and are considered appropriate for evaluation for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) or are at risk for HIV acquisition.
• Able to speak and understand communicate in English sufficiently to provide informed consent and complete study assessments.
• Provide informed consent.
• Have a reliable telephone number for study follow-up.