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Auto-nudges increase emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder
Person in scrubs wheeling gurney into a hospital

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Auto-nudges increase emergency department treatment of opioid use disorder

A Penn Medicine study finds assessment for opioid withdrawal doubles when a triage screening question is paired with electronic health record automated prompts.

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Project HOME receives $25M gift, launches opioid abuse initiative with Penn Medicine, Jefferson and Temple Health

Project HOME receives $25M gift, launches opioid abuse initiative with Penn Medicine, Jefferson and Temple Health

Thanks to a $25 million donation, Project HOME will team with Penn Medicine, Jefferson Health, and Temple Health to improve how people experiencing homelessness are treated for opioid abuse disorder, with remarks from Richard C. Wender of the Perelman School of Medicine.

The economics of addiction
Gloved hands clean up a collection of needles at an encampment for unhoused people.

A volunteer cleans up needles used for drug injection that were found at an encampment in Everett, Washington.

(Image: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The economics of addiction

Professor of Economics Jeremy Greenwood’s research is uncovering information about the opioid crisis, its effects on the labor shortage, and the law of unintended consequences.

Susan Ahlborn