Hospitalization is a known opportunity to offer addiction services, including harm reduction. The philosophy of harm reduction and harm reduction supplies can be incorporated into healthcare settings. We describe two approaches to implementing harm reduction in a hospital setting, with a focus on obtaining support, implementation, challenges, and lessons learned.
Episode release date: July 18, 2024. Register at the link below.
Educational Objectives:
- Describe strategies and steps to gain institutional support for harm reduction interventions.
- Identify potential challenges when implementing HR interventions, and ways to address these challenges.
- Describe how integrating HR into standard addictions care in the hospital impacts patient and staff experiences & outcomes.
