Code Recover is an educational resource that helps Emergency Departments integrate Recovery Peer Support Specialists into opioid use disorder care.

Emergency Departments are often the first point of contact for people in an opioid use crisis. In that moment, the right support can be the difference between a revolving door of ED visits and the start of a recovery pathway. Recovery Peer Support Specialists — people with lived experience of recovery — play a critical role in that moment: building trust, easing fear, and connecting patients to treatment. But many EDs still lack clear, practical guidance on how to integrate peer support and medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) into fast-paced emergency care.

Code Recover exists to close that gap.

 

Our Mission

Our mission is to give Emergency Department clinicians and peer specialists the practical knowledge they need to work together on opioid use disorder care, so every patient can get access to MOUD and a warm connection to ongoing recovery support.

What We Do

Code Recover is a library of concise, evidence-based articles, organized into two tracks:

  • For ED Clinicians: Includes the Code Recover Protocol, severity assessment, MOUD initiation and dosing, withdrawal management, overdose care, perinatal SUD, how to work effectively with a peer specialist on the care team, and more.

  • For Peer Navigators: Includes the peer's role in ED-based recovery support, motivational interviewing, HIPAA and hospital safety, warm handoffs and follow-up, de-escalation, protecting your own recovery, and more.

The articles are paired with printable quick-reference guides, designed to live in a binder or on the wall of an ED, so the guidance is there in the moment it's needed.

Alongside the articles, Code Recover includes:

  • A video library featuring our Clinician and Peer Advisory Council members — practitioners with direct, hands-on experience building and running ED-based peer programs — walking through the material in their own words.

  • A library of nearly 100 vetted external resources — tools, guidelines, and trainings connected to the articles through a tagging system, so a clinician or peer can go straight to every related resource without hunting for it.

  • Connect, a searchable directory where peers and clinicians can create a profile and find others interested in advancing this work in their local areas.

Partners & Support

Code Recover is an initiative of Mobilize Recovery, a national nonprofit working to expand access to recovery resources and strengthen recovery support systems across the United States.

Code Recover is funded primarily by the Independent Emergency Room Physicians Trust (IERP), with additional support from the Opioid Response Network (ORN), funded in part by grants no. 1H79TI088037 and 1H79TI086770 from SAMHSA. 

Code Recover was developed in partnership with PCSS-MOUDBridge, and ORN — organizations that bring deep expertise in addiction medicine, implementation support, and clinical education.

Together, these partnerships help ensure that the resources, training, and guidance available through Code Recover are grounded in evidence-based practices and informed by leaders across the fields of addiction medicine, emergency care, and recovery support.

(Note: The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.)

 

Our Team

Code Recover's clinician-facing content was written by Elizabeth Cairns and Michael Masiowski, MD, and reviewed by the Code Recover Clinician Advisory Council. Peer-facing content was written by Elizabeth Cairns and reviewed by the Code Recover Peer Advisory Council.

 

Authors

Clinician Advisory Council

Peer Advisory Council

Production Credits

The Code Recover video library was produced by Jaclyn Brown and Garrett Hade at Mobilize Recovery. Technical development of the site was done by Van City Studios. Graphic design by Sean O'Donnell Hampton. Project management by Cygnet Projects LLC.

We are grateful to our Peer and Clinician Advisories for their participation in this project, and additionally to Spencer Costella, Christy Reser, Nicole Criss, Kara Trainor, and Greg Jacobs for their contributions to the video library.

Join the Network

If you are working in emergency medicine, peer support, or recovery services, we invite you to join Code Recover Connect.

By networking with others doing this work and sharing knowledge and resources, we can accelerate the adoption of peer recovery programs and improve outcomes for patients nationwide.

Sign up for updates, explore the resource library, create your profile, and connect with peers and clinicians across the country.

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