The overdose crisis continues to have devastating consequences nationally and in Massachusetts. The inpatient hospital setting is a potential intervention point where people at risk for overdose can be identified and connected to evidence-based treatment and harm reduction services. Inpatient addiction consult service (ACS) programs are a well-established approach for this, and have been shown […]
Between October 2016 and March 2019, Lynn Community Health Center in Massachusetts implemented a targeted latent TB infection testing and treatment (TTT) program, increasing testing from a baseline of 1,200 patients tested to an average of 3,531 patients tested, or 9% of the population per year. METHODS: We compared pre-implementation TTT, represented by the first two […]