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NYC Health + Hospitals' approach to addiction services
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Dr. Schatz outlines NYC Health + Hospitals' innovative approach to delivering addiction services, emphasizing their focus on serving vulnerable communities. The approach is characterized by system-wide access, cultural responsiveness, and comprehensive care for various needs.
- Emphasis on training and education to develop addiction champions and address stigma
- Multiple points of access for patients with substance use disorders
- Provision of evidence-based interventions and patient-centered care across various facilities
Dr. Daniel Schatz
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New York City Health and Hospitals has always been at the forefront of delivering innovative addiction services to serve the needs of some of New York City's most vulnerable communities.
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To do so, we emphasized system wide access, a culturally responsive approach to wellness, comprehensive addiction care for acute, chronic, and complex needs, demonstrated outcomes, and financially viable services.
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In addition, training and education of both, substance use disorder and non substance use disorder staff is essential to developing the next generation of addiction champions and substantively addressing substance use related stigma.
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This ensures that patients with SU substance use disorder or SUD, can receive services through many points of access to our system.
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Whether a patient presents directly to our outpatient addiction service clinics or through our acute care facilities, emergency departments, or inpatient units, we can provide meaningful, patient centered, and evidence based interventions and care.