Honora Englander Profile picture
Addiction med, hospital med @OHSUSOM. PI/ Dir Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT). Committed to improving health systems across Oregon and beyond. Views=mine
Aug 20, 2022 14 tweets 17 min read
New in @NEJM: Most US hospitals do not offer evidence-based #addiction care. This missed opportunity harms patients, is an urgent need.

We describe how policymakers can incentivize & facilitate change. I'd love to partner w @CMSGov @samhsagov others 🧵/1
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10… WHY treat #addiction in hospitals? 1 in 9 hospitalized adults has SUD.

A rapidly expanding evidence base shows benefits of hospital-based addiction care, including ↑SUD treatment engagement, ↑patient-clinician trust, ↓mortality/ 2