Virginia’s comprehensive Medicaid reform for substance use treatment services led to an increase in outpatient and community-based treatment and a decrease in emergency department and inpatient use among beneficiaries with opioid use disorder.
Describes how health care providers and their correctional agency partners can design medications for addiction treatment programs for people with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons.
Up to 50 percent of opioid overdose deaths reported from state agency data had the potential to be averted if interventions were delivered at certain opioid prescribing or critical encounter touchpoints.
Participation in syringe service programs can support motivation to change substance use behaviors and increase treatment participation in a rural setting.
A tool helps providers capture essential information when interviewing people experiencing unsheltered homelessness to support effective treatment planning.
Walks through some of the most common barriers to treating and referring patients with substance abuse disorder in the emergency department and how to address these challenges.
It is relatively common knowledge among those that treat patients in a hospital setting that addiction-related issues are the number-one driver of extended length of stay, 30-day readmissions, and job-related dissatisfaction and burnout.
Addiction is a chronic neurobiological disorder that is predictable, identifiable, and treatable. Dr. Corey Waller explains why evidence-based treatment needs to be in hospitals, primary care, stand-alone rehabs, and throughout the ecosystem of health care.