OHSU study supports hospital intervention as path to addiction treatment

Project Impact, a hospital-based intervention program at Oregon Health& Science University is showing success at getting patients into addiction treatment. When patients meet with an addiction medicine consult team member while they’re in the hospital, they are twice as likely to participate in treatment for substance use disorder after they’re discharged, a new study found. “This confirms that hospitalization is a teachable moment,” said Dr . Honora Englander, OHSU associate professor…
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