Speeding Access For Addictions

The challenges of access to treatment for mental health conditions has been reported on in numerous professional and consumer publications over the past two years (see Rethinking Access Solutions and Using Technologies & Analytics To Improve Behavioral Health Access & Outcomes).

But there is also a backlog in meeting the demand for addiction treatment (see Minnesota Opioid Treatment Clinics Overwhelmed As Needs Rise, Staffs Shrink). The pandemic landscape has exacerbated the opioid crisis and challenged our health care infrastructure’s ability to respond. Overdose deaths during the pandemic were at an all-time high. In 2020, 40.3 million people . . .