Tackling Implicit Bias in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Opioid overdose deaths for Black people surpassed that of whites in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade, according to a 2022 JAMA Psychiatry research paper. Inequities...
Nov 6th 2023
Collaboration Builds Sustainable Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Michigan Hospitals
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and its Michigan Opioid Partnership created an early alliance with the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Keystone Center (MHA Keystone Center) in its fight...
Oct 18th 2023
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan Partners with The Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company for School Lunch Initiative
The Henry Ford Announces Farm to School Lunch Initiatives Including Endowment for Henry Ford Academy’s Lunch Program The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and Ford Motor Company Fund committing lead gifts...
Sep 18th 2023
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Healthcare Providers Shifting Perceptions Impact Quality of Care
Attitudes toward people with opioid use disorder (OUD) and the medications to treat the disease have significantly changed over the last 20 years. In this dialogue, Dr. Jacob Manteuffel, Emergency...
Jul 31st 2023
Harm Reduction: A Pathway to Prevention and Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Consistently high rates of opioid-related deaths have led hospitals to search for strategies that offer equitable access to comprehensive, stigma-free healthcare. “We have an epidemic of overdoses in the community...
Jul 31st 2023
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announces more than $17 million in grants during first quarter
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and its supporting organizations provided combined grantmaking of more than $17 million during the first quarter to support nonprofit organizations and local governments working...
May 9th 2023
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Inpatient MOUD Programs: An Option for Bringing Care Full Circle
In the last two decades, opioid overdose deaths have grown exponentially in Michigan. The epidemic impacts thousands of the state’s residents and communities and is one of the most prominent...
Apr 24th 2023
Patient Success and Cultural Change Give Providers Hope
Passion is at the core of many health systems’ drive to develop medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) programs in their emergency departments (ED). With the number of opiate-related deaths...
Apr 24th 2023
One Hospital’s Approach to Building MOUD Sustainability
Deaths from opioid overdoses increased by 30 percent in Washtenaw County from 2020 to 2021. This parallels national trends, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 15 percent...
Mar 28th 2023
As Michigan Overdose Crisis Grows, New Approach Increased Access to Lifesaving Medications, Treatment In Emergency Rooms
New Report Shows State’s Emergency Room Programs Improved Access to Treatment In 2021, a record-shattering 107,000 people died from overdose in the United States, including 2,375 opioid overdoses in Michigan....
Mar 22nd 2023
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