Aims, development, and early results of an interdisciplinary primary care initiative to address patient vulnerabilities.

We describe the origination, goals, and evolution of VIP to provide an example of how clinics and health systems can address vulnerable patient populations within a primary care clinic framework. While ongoing evaluation will be essential to understand its impact on patient outcomes and its sustainability and scalability in the future, VIP holds promise as a novel model to improve care for patients with addiction and other vulnerabilities. PMID: 33301347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - December 10, 2020 Category: Addiction Authors: Codell N, Kelley AT, Jones AL, Dungan MT, Valentino N, Holtey AI, Knight TJ, Butz A, Gallop C, Erickson S, Patton J, Hyte-Richins LJ, Rollins BZ, Gordon AJ Tags: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse Source Type: research