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facing an opioid use disorder to treatment through the use of
MAT and serves as the hub to help patients during their road to
recovery by providing and coordinating care, identifying health
and social service barriers for early intervention, referring and
connecting community-based services and providing emotional
support. The Center brings together primary, secondary and
tertiary care providers, as well as community and hospital
administration members. Together, they build upon an addiction
treatment program that increases access to care, reduces health
care costs and improves patient quality of
life.
In this model of treatment, an addiction specialist physician
is at the center of the hub, providing expert guidance and
support to primary care physicians in rural and underserved
areas of the state. Serving as the spokes, primary care physicians
provide direct patient care, including the MAT prescription.
Patients also are connected to drug and alcohol counseling in
their communities. It is estimated that a mobile unit will allow
for an additional 80 to 90 patient visits a week for a total of 5,000
medical encounters per year.
" Scientific research has shown that outcomes improve
when individualized treatment plans match service delivery to
individual patients' needs and appropriate high-quality social
services are accessible, " added Tina Nixon, vice president, Mission
Effectiveness, Diversity and Inclusion, UPMC in Central Pa.
" UPMC aims to create a replicable model that
improves access, lowers costs and improves outcomes. "
To read this release online or share it, visit
https://www.upmc.com/media/news/052021-addictionrecovery-mobile-unit-launch.
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