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FEATURE:
UPMC Takes Addiction
Recovery Services on the Road
Dr. Greg Swartzentruber, addiction medicine
and emergency medicine specialist, and
Theresa Sellers, director, Community Health
Initiatives, are part of a clinical team from
the Center for Addiction Recovery at UPMC
in Central Pa. who will be taking the UPMC
mobile unit to underserved rural areas in
central Pa., helping to fill gaps in access to
addiction treatment.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 20, 2021 - The Center for Addiction Recovery at
UPMC in Central Pa. will begin to offer services through a new mobile unit that
will stop in Cumberland, Northern Dauphin, Perry and York Counties. A UPMCwaivered
provider and a medical assistant will travel in the mobile unit to administer
medication-assisted treatment (MAT) to patients with opioid use disorder in
designated areas in central Pennsylvania that lack adequate MAT services.
" Many of our patients are traveling up to 90 minutes to receive care at our
center in Harrisburg. This mobile unit allows us to timely address changing
treatment needs and diminish the transportation barrier for our patients living and
working in rural areas, " said Greg Swartzentruber, M.D., addiction medicine and
emergency medicine specialist, UPMC Harrisburg. " We appreciate the work of the
UPMC Pinnacle Foundation to help secure funding for this project and ensuring
access for those who need medication-assisted treatment. "
The UPMC Center for Addiction Recovery, located at 2501 N. Third Street in
Harrisburg, is a comprehensive addiction clinic. The Center connects individuals
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