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Yale Medicine (YM) and Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) recently introduced the first mobile retail pharmacy and clinic in Connecticut, bringing health care to people where they live.
This project, known as InMOTION, serves communities throughout Connecticut, the first state in the nation to legalize mobile retail pharmacy services. InMOTION’s goal is to make better health accessible to anyone disconnected from the health care system for any reason. It is led by Sandra Springer, MD, professor of medicine (infectious diseases).
- April 01, 2024Source: America's Pharmacist
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- September 28, 2023
In their communities, a mobile pharmacy and clinic will serve people with OUD and other substance use disorders who are at risk or living with infectious diseases like HIV.
- August 15, 2023
A new study by Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and NYU Grossman School of Medicine researchers demonstrates the validity of two new diagnostic tools—the Rapid Opioid Use Disorder Assessment and the Rapid Stimulant Use Disorder Assessment. These instruments may be used to increase diagnoses of opioid and stimulant use disorder and access to treatment.
- August 26, 2022
Sandra Springer received the Avant-Garde Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Her research plan is inspired by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. (EHE) initiative, which aims to scale up key HIV prevention and treatment strategies with the goal of reducing new HIV infections by 90% by 2030.
- June 29, 2022
Cynthia Frank, PhD, RN, clinical research nurse 3 (infectious diseases), and Susan Ardito, senior administrative assistant (pulmonary), were honored recently with Department of Internal Medicine Service Excellence Awards.
- June 22, 2022
A new clinical trial, the ‘Addressing Risk Through Community Treatment for Infectious Disease and Opioid Use Disorder Now (ACTION)’ initiative, is currently recruiting participants.
- May 18, 2022
Yale doctors have been caring for patients with HIV and AIDS since the first U.S. cases of what was at the time an unknown and deadly illness were reported in 1981. Over the last four decades, medical advances have transformed HIV into a chronic disease, which, if treated, barely shortens life expectancy.
- May 10, 2022Source: Rheumatology Advisor
The first part in a series on infectious diseases and addiction medicine.
- September 27, 2021
Meet Yale Internal Medicine: Nikhil Seval, MD, Assistant Professor (Infectious Diseases)