Recognizing that the emergency department is a potential vital touchpoint for initiating evidence-based interventions for opioid use disorder (OUD), the California Bridge Program is a partnership with the California Poison Control System and the California Hub and Spoke System to provide 24-7 emergency access to initiation of buprenorphine treatment for OUD in all California communities.

The California Bridge Program works with hospitals and emergency departments in California to create programs to induct patients with opioid use disorder onto medication assisted treatment in the acute care setting and facilitate access to substance use disorder treatment by using treatment navigators.