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Comorbidities

Implementing a Peer-Supported, Integrated Strategy for Substance Use Disorder Care in an Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic is Associated with Improved Patient Outcomes

Thursday, October 17, 2024
11:10 AM – 11:30 AM ET
Location: Grand Ballroom I-V, Level 3
The RESTORE service (REcovery in Specialty care Through medication and OutREach) was established in January 2019 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore City, Maryland, to improve access to SUD treatment and recovery services among patients with multiple comorbidities, including HIV and HCV. This session will describe the experiences and preliminary outcomes of a co-located substance use disorder (SUD) treatment and recovery service within an outpatient infectious disease specialty clinic. The presentation will cover the program funding, design, implementation and research findings. Despite the disruptions that COVID-19 pandemic caused, the high retention rates and low overdose risk observed in the multicomponent program demonstrated the effectiveness of the program.

Learning Objectives:

Learners will be able to:
  • Identify innovative approaches to delivering co-located substance use disorder (SUD) treatment, recovery support services and infectious disease specialty services to successfully manage overdose risk and mental health among patients with comorbid SUD/HIV/HCV, even during future disasters.