The integration of substance-use records into electronic health records, following the easing of federal confidentiality rules, aims to improve care coordination and program monitoring.
Recommendations to facilitate trust and effective communication between health care providers and patients with a history of criminal legal system involvement.
Facilitated telemedicine for hepatitis C among opioid use disorder patients in opioid treatment programs resulted in substantially higher cure rates than standard-of-care off-site referrals.
Overdose prevention centers in New York City are shown to avert overdose-related injury and death, reduce public drug use, and connect individuals to wraparound services.
This study finds that extending flexibilities for medication for opioid use disorder enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with health and cost benefits.
Nurse practitioners’ ability to provide care independently in rural primary care clinics is associated with reduced emergency department use among older adults with substance use disorder.
Report and companion case studies share strategies to support community health centers and federal and state policymakers in increasing the use of medications for opioid use disorder.
A telehealth-delivered opioid use disorder treatment program is associated with promising levels of care retention and medication adherence among rural populations.
Principles to help states build more comprehensive, sustainable, and equitable substance use disorder treatment, harm reduction, and recovery systems of care.
Toolkit offers guidance for corrections and health care professionals on evidence-based interventions to support the reentry needs of people with behavioral health needs.
Use of recovery housing leads to decreases in readmissions and emergency department visits among individuals recovering from substance use disorder, as well as increased use of primary care.
The Opioid Abatement Needs and Investment tool provides data to state and local policymakers to support decision-making on allocation of opioid settlement funds.
Analysis of street medicine programs reveals differences in behavioral health services across programs, highlighting key facilitators and challenges to better integration of these services within street medicine.