Assisting Grieving Families to Find Closure While Maintaining Compliance with HIPAA

• By: Elaine M. Edelman, PhD, LCSW, CASAC-Adv Kansas State University Christopher Ste. Marie, JD Community Health Action of Staten Island (CHASI)
• January 14th, 2025
• family, harm reduction, overdose, substance use disorder, support, Winter 2025 Issue
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The most fundamental goals of Harm Reduction and Buprenorphine Programs are to keep people alive and safe. Despite the best efforts of a very dedicated SUD workforce, over 107,000 people died of overdose deaths in 2023. Behind every overdose death is a family or friends in mourning. Often, they are...