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2021 Power 25 Health Care: Deidre Gifford

Deidre Gifford has been one of the key players leading the state through the coronavirus pandemic.

3 groups faced the highest overdose increases in 2020

3 groups faced the highest overdose increases in 2020

de Beaumont Foundation Announces New Class of 40 Under 40 in Public Health

Report: RI's faces obstacles in billing Medicaid for state-hospital patients

Governor McKee, Rhode Island Foundation Announce First Round of RI Gives Vax Challenge

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GoLocalProv | Report Reveals Facilities, Leadership & Culture Problems at Eleanor Slater Hospital Under Raimondo

• Reports of threatening behavior, bullying, and retaliation must be reviewed • Concerns about a culture of safety need to be addressed • Direct service staff are committed to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of its patients The report comes after McKee announced this week that Brian Daly, M.D., Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at Eleanor Slater Hospital, has resigned effective July 31, 2021. McKee also announced Jennifer White, Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals (BHDDH)) CFO and former Interim-CEO of Eleanor Slater Hospital has been placed on administrative leave.  According to his bio, Daly became CMO at BHDDH in August 2018; White started in her role at BHDDH in May 2019. 

Using Smartphone Apps to Reach Gay and Bisexual Men at Risk for HIV | National Institute on Drug Abuse

March 1, 2021 Finding better ways to reach people at higher risk of HIV for testing and engagement with HIV prevention and treatment services is a critical component of a public health response to the HIV pandemic. In a NIDA-funded study published in AIDS and Behaviorin November 2020, investigators conducted individual in-depth interviews with 30 Rhode Island men who have sex with men, and held focus group discussions with 18 men who have sex with men. Their goal was to inform the development and implementation of a social marketing campaign centering on smartphone applications (apps). There was agreement among participants that a social marketing approach using advertisement on apps is a potentially effective means for education and linkage to HIV services. However, participants expressed annoyance at pop-up advertisements on smartphone dating applications, viewing them as too invasive.

Study pinpoints predictors of timely enrollment in therapy for opioid use disorder

Study pinpoints predictors of timely enrollment in therapy for opioid use disorder For people living with opioid use disorder, the path to treatment is not always clear-cut. Sometimes, there's no path at all. The gap between those recommended for medications for opioid use disorder -- with methadone, buprenorphine or other medications prescribed -- and those who ultimately receive it is wide and persisting. At the epicenter, accounting for more than one third of individuals with an opioid use disorder, are Medicaid recipients. In an effort to gather information that might help to close that gap, researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health analyzed Medicaid databases to identify predictors of timely enrollment in treatment for those who experienced an opioid overdose or were diagnosed with opioid use disorder.