Table 1.

Practice Regions of Survey Respondents and Survey Responses

Total Survey Responses: 146
Practice Region
Southeast Minnesota	88 (61%)
Southwest Minnesota	27 (19%)
Northwest Wisconsin	19 (13%)
Southwest Wisconsin	12 (8%)
Currently prescribing buprenorphine
Yes, for OUD	19 (14%)
Yes, for chronic pain	7 (5%)
Yes, for both OUD & chronic pain	26 (19%)
No	88 (63%)
Desire to prescribe buprenorphine
Yes	101 (72%)
No	39 (28%)
Perceived barriers
Lack of knowledge	65 (76%)
Respondents can select multiple choices
Lack of confidence	67 (78%)
Lack of patient need	13 (15%)
Time constraint	26 (30%)
Lack of institutional support	23 (27%)
Interest in using eConsult for buprenorphine
Yes	121 (89%)
Initiation or dose adjustment for chronic pain
No	15 (11%)
Would an eConsult encourage you to consider
Yes	109 (87%)
Transitioning more chronic opioid patients to buprenorphine?
No	17 (13%)

Abbreviation: OUD, opioid use disorder.