RIvER Clinic: Rethinking Incarceration and Empowering Recovery-An Innovative Postincarceration Care Delivery Model Implemented During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
| Autor: | Dauria EF; Author Affiliations: Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Drs Dauria, Hawk, and Egan and Ms Lapinski); and Center for Inclusion Health, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Drs Venkat and Robertson)., Lapinski J, Hawk M, Egan JE, Venkat D, Robertson T |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP [J Public Health Manag Pract] 2024 May-Jun 01; Vol. 30 (3), pp. 420-423. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 10. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/PHH.0000000000001877 |
| Abstrakt: | The Rethinking Incarceration and Empowering Recovery (RIvER) Clinic was launched in June 2021 to address the health disparities experienced during and after incarceration. The RIvER Clinic's multidisciplinary, community-centered team engages patients during jail detention and after release via telehealth, collocated in community locations, on a mobile van, and in clinic. The clinic serves as a bridge between incarceration and the establishment of permanent health care and social services in the community. In 2022, a total of 479 visits were completed. The clinic provided multidisciplinary substance use support to all eligible patients, paying for 104 medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) prescriptions for uninsured patients. Twenty-five percent of patients were transitioned to community-based care, and less than 5% of patients were reincarcerated. Despite some limitations, results demonstrate that the RIvER Clinic is successfully reintegrating a marginalized population into its community. The purpose of this article is to describe the implementation and preliminary outcomes of this postincarceration clinic. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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