More Hospitals Respond to Opioid Crisis—Should Urgent Care, Too?

More Hospitals Respond to Opioid Crisis—Should Urgent Care, Too?

We told you recently about an innovative, urgent care-centric program Boston Medical Center launched to get patients who are addicted to opioids the care they need as efficiently as possible. Now more hospitals are jumping on the bandwagon to fight the addiction epidemic. Patients who are treated for overdoses at SSM Health St. Mary Hospital in Madison, WI are invited to meet with “recovery coaches” on staff in the emergency room. Initiatives have even gone …

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