Meeting the Workforce Challenge at Outreach

• By: Debra Pantin Outreach Development Corporation
• July 1st, 2019
• addiction treatment, behavioral health workforce, continuing education, employee engagement, evidence-based practices, professional development, staff retention, workforce shortage
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As behavioral health care providers confront the unrelenting opioid epidemic, in an environment of rapidly evolving reforms in health delivery and payment systems, one theme continues to resonate: the importance of a vital workforce. It comes as no surprise that compounding the reality of systems...

Implementing a Buprenorphine Program in an Opioid Treatment Program

• By: Debra Pantin Doreen Thomann-Howe, LCSW Ernst Jean, MD Debbi Witham, LMSW, Esq. VIP Community Services
• July 1st, 2015
• addiction treatment, buprenorphine, medication-assisted treatment, methadone, opioid use disorder, program evaluation, staff training, treatment access
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Acritical element to successfully treating opioid addiction and addressing the epidemic is offering a wide range of therapies. Due to the extreme dependence created by opioid use, Medication Supported Recovery is often necessary. For decades, Methadone; dispensed in an Outpatient Treatment Program...