San Francisco's Department of Public Health is expanding an innovative intervention to tackle the city's ongoing drug crisis by linking shelter beds at the Adante Hotel to on-site opioid addiction treatment. The program aims to offer immediate support by enabling telehealth prescribing for potential patients. Those who stay at the shelter will be required to engage with case management and adhere to treatment plans. Experts highlight the importance of stability during this process but stress the need for increased capacity to meet demand as current resources are limited.
"I can think of very few interventions that we have from a public health standpoint where we're getting people plugged into a bed and initiating treatment literally immediately..."
"It is a period of stability where they can stop taking any substances that they're taking, start taking any medications they should be taking for their mental illness or for their addiction..."
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