We spotlight the Addiction Treatment Starts Here (ATSH), a Center for Care Innovations program that since 2019 has expanded access to medications for addiction treatment (MAT) in California. Innovative strategies helped overcome challenges — such as staffing with lived-experience individuals, building mobile capacity, and forming strong community partnerships. Read further 👇 https://lnkd.in/gDy5wV-E
❗️More than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from opioid overdoses in the last available count — another reason the Center for Care Innovations (CCI) seeks to expand addiction treatment in primary care. Hear from people who were successfully treated through their primary care in a CCI-supported program: https://lnkd.in/g8HNhhfG 📽 | Dominique McDowell--CAS1/RLPS of Marin City Health and Wellness Center and MAT Coach for CCI's Addiction Treatment Starts Here program ___ #addictiontreatment #primarycare #chronicdisease #healthcareinnovation #substanceusedisorder #patientcare #addictionrecovery #medicaleducation #publichealth #stigma #neurobiology #relapse #opioidepidemic #MAT #healthequity