California community paramedicine and triage to alternative destination programs lead to more coordinated care and reductions in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
A hospital-based program showed that peer recovery coaching can be seamlessly integrated into the workflow of busy emergency departments to address the longer-term needs of people with substance use disorders.
Peer providers with lived experiences of substance use and mental health disorders can help improve patient outcomes and play a unique role in the behavioral health workforce.
Initiative successfully implemented several evidence-based and promising addiction care models across multiple medical settings, including an inpatient addiction consult team, a low-threshold bridge clinic, peer recovery coaches, and office-based addiction treatment nurses.