Advancing Harm Reduction & Evidence-based Addiction Treatment: Practical Tools & Lessons Learned for Healthcare Providers

Building upon an in-depth overview of legal tools and policy levers available to support and advance access harm reduction services in the U.S. in our last session, this third and final session will offer notes from the field. Healthcare workers employing resources in their policy and practice arsenal to build programming, expand services, and support the wellbeing of people who use drugs and those with substance use disorder, will discuss their experiences and lessons learned. How can you call upon federal legislation to protect your patients’ access to medications for OUD? How might you go about starting a syringe exchange, or distributing other harm reduction supplies, in your hospital or clinic? How can you advocate effectively in your clinical role? What does this work look like in different healthcare settings? Different geographical and political climates? This session will be recorded and the recording distributed to all registrants following the session.