Innovative service modifications to adapt to COVID-19 circumstances primarily involved expanded use of telehealth services (e.g., telemedicine visits for buprenorphine, virtual individual or group therapy sessions, provision of donated or publicly available phones), increased take-home medication allowances for methadone and buprenorphine, expanded uptake of long-acting opioid medications (e.g. extended-release buprenorphine and naltrexone), home delivery of services (e.g. MOUD, naloxone and urine drug screening), outreach and makeshift services for delivering MOUD and naloxone, and provision of a safe supply of opioids.
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Early innovations in opioid use disorder treatment and harm reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review
Integration of a Community Opioid Treatment Program into a Federally Qualified Health Center
An opioid treatment program (OTP) and a federally qualified health center (FQHC) partnered to develop and implement an innovative integrated methadone and primary care treatment model. The process for integrating an OTP and FQHC to provide methadone treatment in the primary care setting will be discussed.
Integrating Harm Reduction into Outpatient Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Settings
The objective of this narrative review is to describe strategies for the integration of evidence-based harm reduction principles and interventions into outpatient, primary care–based OUD treatment settings.
Edith Springer – Best practice stances for working with clients who use drugs
A 1996 guidance document produced by Edith Springer, a pioneer of U.S. Harm Reduction
AMERSA Podcast Series
Episode 2: Harm Reduction in the Hospital, Meeting People Where They Are
Episode 3: Insights from the Front Line: Harm Reduction Interventions in an Urban Hospital
Harm Reduction in Community Mental Health Settings
Webinar created in conjunction with SAMHSA Harm Reduction Framework which illustrates how to integrate a harm reduction approach into community mental health settings.
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MedStar Georgetown Department of Medicine
Hospital Harm Reduction: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Opioid Epidemic.
Webinar that shares how one hospital integrated a harm reduction approach.
XMedStar Georgetown Department of Medicine
