Pharmacological treatments for opioid use disorder (OUD) and the prevention of opioid-related overdose are prescribed 80% more often to White patients, compared to Black patients, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on May...
Only 1 in 4 (24.4%) residential addiction treatment programs for teenagers across the US provide buprenorphine treatment, the “gold standard” for opioid use disorder (OUD), according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on...
In order to aid towns in setting salaries for public health staff, MAHB is posting Classification and Compensation Study Reports. Study Report conducted by the Town of Franklin is posted here. GovHR - Franklin, MA - Classification and Compensation Study -...