The California Bridge Behavioral Health Navigator Program awarded $480,000 Wednesday to four local Scripps Health hospitals to support medication-assisted treatment in emergency departments for opioid use and associated mental health conditions.
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“We’re excited to receive this important funding, which will help us further elevate and advance our MAT program across Scripps Health to benefit our patients in need,” Dr. Cara Bergamo, emergency medicine physician at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego and MAT program leader at Scripps Health, said in a statement.
Scripps will use the funding to hire or maintain emergency department- based substance use counselors, educate health care providers about MAT and build a “stigma-free” environment that welcomes disclosure of substance use and provides rapid, evidence-based treatment, according to Scripps.
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