Using AI and Peer Coaching to Address Racial Disparities Among People Who Use Opioids

This interventional study evaluates an AI-driven texting tool combined with peer recovery coach support to deliver social services, reduce stigma, and provide patient navigation content. The goal is to enhance the receipt of buprenorphine in primary care among emergency department-enrolled Black and Latinx individuals who use opioids, addressing the disproportionate impact of opioid overdose deaths on these communities.

This interventional study evaluates an AI-driven SDH-enhanced texting tool to deliver social services, reduce stigma, and provide patient navigation content. The goal is to enhance the receipt of buprenorphine in primary care among emergency department-enrolled Black and Latinx individuals who use opioids, addressing the disproportionate impact of opioid overdose deaths on these communities.

Control Arm-3 will receive treatment as usual (i.e., verbal instructions, NYC Dept of Health pamphlets detailing access to OUD and social services, health system smartphone application EMR patient portal).