The potential use of digital technologies to enhance opioid agonist treatment in rural and remote communities of British Columbia, Canada
Our findings help illustrate how current OAT prescribing practices and the challenges with requiring in-person witnessed doses for people living in rural and remote communities, exercising control over OAT patients, ultimately limiting the autonomy of PWUD. There is a clear need to implement virtual OAT programs to improve access to OAT medications.
Authors
- Manal Mansoor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-3485)
- Kate Hodgson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-5098)
- Geoff Bardwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3368-7681)
- Amreetha Jayathilake
- Kim Markel
Institutions
- Charles River Laboratories (Netherlands) (NL)
- Vancouver Coastal Health (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Waterloo (CA)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- British Columbia Centre on Substance Use (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-025-01302-z
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Vancouver Foundation
- University of Waterloo