The opioid epidemic has had a disproportionate impact on the nation’s criminal justice (CJ) population. Justice-involved individuals with opioid use disorders (OUD) desperately need evidence-based translational practices to implement medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD), a clinical practice that is underused in CJ settings. As part of the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network’s (JCOIN) Implementational and Translational Research Core (I/Trans Core), the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) is working with jails and their community-treatment providers across the country to improve their cascade of care in supporting justice-involved populations with OUD. Read the complete article by Todd Molfenter and Jessica Vechinski.
Read the full article at: https://www3.thedatabank.com/dpg/423/pm.asp?id=87239Process improvement for behavioral health