Medication Assisted Treatment – Hospitals and Emergency Departments

Hospital inpatient care programs and emergency departments are increasingly developing policies and programs to provide medication assisted treatment (MAT) to their patients. This collection features guidelines from the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, resources and tools from the California American College of Emergency Physicians, and links to the Public Health Institute’s California Bridge Program and the California Health Care Foundation’s Support for Hospital Opioid Use Treatment (SHOUT) initiative. Also included is a link to Massachusetts General Hospital’s “Get Waivered” campaign which provides free buprenorpine waiver training and support for creating emergency department programs.

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Anchor Recovery Community Center

Source: Anchor Recovery Community Center

The Anchor Recovery Community Center is an organization run by people with lived experience of addiction and recovery and their allies that provides a number of services in the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island.

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Prevent Overdose RI

Source: Prevent Overdose Rhode Island

The website for Prevent Overdose Rhode Island serves as a centralized source for information about Rhode Island’s multifaceted response to the drug overdose crisis. The site includes the state action plan, information about prevention, overdose rescue efforts including naloxone, treatment services, and recovery support services.

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Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

Source: Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

Link to the Pacific Southwest Technology Transfer Center ( ATTC) Network website which provides training and technical assistance to addiction treatment and recovery service providers who serve clients in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau. Funding source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

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Rhode Island STR/SOR Profile

Source: National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors published this report on Rhode Island’s efforts to address the opioid crisis with use of the State Targeted Response (STR) and State Opioid Response (SOR) grants, which are managed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). This profile provides background on the STR/SOR grants, outlines Rhode Island’s efforts across the continuum of care, and describes the initial positive outcomes Rhode Island has experienced with support from STR and SOR grant funds.

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National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED)

Source: National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED)

The National Network to Eliminate Disparities in Behavioral Health (NNED)’s mission is to eliminate disparities in behavioral health care by building a national network of diverse racial, ethnic, cultural and sexual minority communities and organizations to promote policies, practices, standards and research.

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Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

Source: Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

The website for Partnership for Drug-Free Kids which provides support and resources to parents and caregivers about substance use and addiction. The organization provides information about addiction and offers one-on-one help to parents and caregivers through their text, email, and phone helplines. Partnership for Drug-Free Kids merged with the Center on Addiction in January 2019 to combine their efforts to address addiction and its impact on families and communities.

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Rhode Island’s Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative

Source: Office of the Governor of Rhode Island

This slide deck provides a walk-through of the Rhode Island Recovery Friendly Workplace (RFW) initiative. The presentation explains the process to become an RFW and describes the benefits of the program.

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Rhode Island’s Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative

Source: Office of the Governor of Rhode Island

The Rhode Island’s recovery friendly workplace (RFW) initiative’s website provides information about the RFW initiative and links to resources.

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