Pre-Paid Cell Phones Break Barriers to Healthcare Engagement for People with Addiction
With the rise of telehealth due to the COVID-19 pandemic, addiction experts must ensure that patients don’t fall through the cracks because of a lack of stable cell phone access.
Read MoreWhen Medicine Gets Personal: 5 Narratives That Moved Us This Year
This year’s community stories touched on the overdose crisis, sickle cell disease, and the mental health toll of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAs a Former Paramedic and Overdose Survivor, EMTs Need Better Drug Training
By reframing how EMS workers approach people who use drugs, we can make big changes in patients’ lives.
Read MoreRapid ACCESS Is Filling the Gaps for Patients With Addiction
The program’s recovery coaches meet substance use disorder patients where they are and help them navigate the array of services to suit their personal needs.
Read MoreCan New Medication Formulations for Opioid Addiction Prevent Relapse in New Parents?
Opioid use has quadrupled in pregnancy, but effective medication options remain elusive for pregnant and breastfeeding persons.
Read MoreOne Addiction Counselor’s Life Mission to Assist Others in Recovery
A licensed alcohol and drug counselor highlights how her own experience with recovery gives her perspective as she walks alongside others on a similar journey.
Read MoreIt’s Our Responsibility to Treat the Human Suffering at Heart of Opioid Overdose Crisis
Data shows that overdose deaths have reached staggering heights. The healthcare system should respond with a person-centered, racial-justice approach.
Read MoreMaking the Case for Employer-Sponsored Addiction Treatment
In a hypothetical firm of 10,000 employees, researchers estimated $232,000 of lost wage value annually due to substance use disorder-related absenteeism.
Read MoreFamily Influence Impacts Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Decisions for Young Adults
Eliminating stigma around addiction in family attitudes for all treatment options is crucial, study finds.
Read MoreEmergency Department Earns Award for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Named Finalist for COVID-19 Vaccine Initiative
BMC Pilots Training Program to Improve Post-Acute Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorder
Training program extends education to skilled nursing facilities to reduce discrimination and increase acceptance rates of patients with SUD.
Read MorePatients with Opioid Use Disorder Are Routinely Rejected from Post-Acute Care Facilities in the Northeast, Study Finds
New Research from the Grayken Center for Addiction Suggests Ongoing Discrimination Against Patients with OUD, Despite State and Federal Guidelines.
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