Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was declared exempt by The George Washington University Committee on Human Research, Institutional Review Board (IRB# NCR213490).
Consent for publication: Not applicable
Availability of data and materials: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Competing interests:
We believe that none of the authors have competing interests that warrant declaration, however out of an abundance of caution, we make the following declarations for consideration by the journal’s editors.
EY declares that she has a non-financial competing interest constituted by her internship placement at HIPS.
HK declares that she has a non-financial competing interest constituted by her internship placement at HIPS.
DS declares that he has financial and non-financial competing interest constituted by his employment at HIPS.
DM declares that he has financial and non-financial competing interest constituted by her employment at HIPS.
AN declares that she has financial and non-financial competing interest constituted by her employment at HIPS.
RM declares that he has financial and non-financial competing interest constituted by his employment at HIPS.
HA declares that she has no competing interests.
JC declares that she has no competing interests.
Funding:
The clinic received funding from SAMHSA and DC Health.
The funding body had no role in the design of the study, in collection, analysis, or interpretation of data, or in writing or approving the manuscript.
Authors' contributions:
EY collected and analyzed data and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript.
HK collected data and was a major contributor in writing the manuscript.
DS conceived of the study, designed the study, and contributed to editing the manuscript.
DM made substantial contributions to the design of the study.
AN made substantial contributions to the design of the study and was a major contributor in editing of the manuscript.
RM made substantial contributions to the design of the study and was a major contributor in editing of the manuscript.
HA and JC provided input on study design, interpreted the data and substantively revised the manuscript.
All authors approved the final manuscript for publication. All authors are accountable for the accuracy and integrity of the information presented.
Acknowledgements:
The authors would like to thank the following individuals without whom operation of the MAT clinic would not have been possible: Kristal Gardiner, FNP-C, Randi Abramson, MD, Amelia Cover, CRNP, Ashley Davis, MSN, CARN-AP, FNP-C, Chavon Onumah, MD, Zeina Saliba, MD, Elana Rosenthal, MD, Cyndee Clay, MPH, and Elizabeth MacIntosh, MS. We would also like to thank our patients for trusting us with their care and the pharmacies we frequently work with.