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Buprenorphine Implementation Toolkit
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Recruiting Physicians
Most agencies specializing in addiction treatment not only do not have physicians on staff but also have little or no experience in recruiting medical professionals. Recruiting a physician to become a buprenorphine prescriber may be one of the biggest challenges that treatment agencies face.
This section gives an overview of some of the reasons why physicians choose not to become buprenorphine prescribers and how to address them.