California community paramedicine and triage to alternative destination programs lead to more coordinated care and reductions in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
Transitional housing, combined with co-located substance use disorder care, facilitates access to permanent housing and increases engagement in substance use treatment.
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.
Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.
Systematic review finds that gender-response programs are associated with reductions in reincarceration for women with substance use disorder leaving jail or prison.
A longitudinal study found that members of recovery community centers had increased rates of substance use abstinence, psychological well-being, and quality of life after three months of engagement.
A review of existing literature finds that medical respite care reduces hospital and emergency department visits, increased use of outpatient care, and leads to overall cost savings.
Peer recovery services offered to people with substance use disorder returning to community from incarceration is shown to reduce substance use and improve health and treatment motivation.
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.