Leading Addiction Specialist to Meet with Addiction Treatment Professionals in …
Clinical Programme Director Alastair Mordey of The Cabin Chiang Mai, Asia's leading inpatient rehab centre, will be visiting Beijing and Shanghai from the 16-24th April to offer insights into the latest addiction treatment methods practised. Share on …
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Hanover vs. heroin: Not just an urban problem
National public service campaigns have also decreased the amount of prescription opiates on the black market, said Rob Matylewicz, medical director of Clarity Way, an inpatient addiction treatment center in Hanover. "Once the (Drug Enforcement Agency) …
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Marion Barry leaves physical rehab facility, pledges to serve out DC council term
D.C. Council member Marion Barry left an inpatient rehabilitation facility Wednesday after spending much of 2014 being treated for infections that he said “knocked me for a loop.” ”It really hit hard,” Barry (D-Ward 8) said of the recent maladies …
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Humble Beginnings in Cherry Hill opens as outpatient addiction facility
Addiction is a disease that can linger with a patient for the rest of their lives. Detox, rehab and medical treatments can help an addict discontinue use of whatever substance has taken hold of their freewill, but often times patients need help …
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BC-US–Heroin Across America,ADVISORY, US
Marchese and his sister stayed up all night calling inpatient treatment centers only to be told: We have no beds. We'll put him on a waiting list. Call back in two weeks. Later that year, after a short stint in inpatient rehab paid for with public …
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Melbourne Terrace Rehabilitation Center Exposes Healthcare as It Is Meant to Be
Melbourne Terrace Rehabilitation Center stays with the patient through this transition, offering outpatient services while providing the same level of care as one received while an inpatient. To fully meet the needs of patients, Melbourne Terrace …
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Robin Huebner Reports: 'It was life or death': Confessions of an 'everyday …
His first stint in rehab came as a result of a hard night of partying with a friend in February 2013, when he became very ill. “I said, 'Bring … Formo was transferred to the 24-hour care of that center and placed as an inpatient at a crisis-bed …
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Nursing care facility to be built in LP
In announcing the decision, IU Health La Porte Hospital President and CEO Thor Thordarson said the hospital has studied extensively the ways it could enhance continuity of care for patients as they complete their inpatient stays. … They have more …
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Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center Selects Authentidate's InscrybeMD …
Additionally, Florida Hospital Oceanside is home to the area's only inpatient rehabilitation facility with CARF accreditation for stroke care. For more information, call (386) 231-6000 or visit www.floridahospitalmemorial.org. About Authentidate …
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Study: Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Patients Have Better Outcomes, Live …
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — A new study released today at a meeting of the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA) shows that patients treated in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units had better long-term …
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Rehab Hospitals Fight Rules Change, Cite Benefits to Recuperating Patients
Gans is the current chairman of AMRPA, an industry trade group for inpatient rehab hospitals. The report comes at a time when rehab facilities are fighting a pair of federal proposals that would tighten payments to these hospitals. One proposal would …
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DSHS Chief: Legislature to blame for lack of drug treatment funding
With the shift to the Affordable Care Act, thousands of patients getting treatment for addiction to heroin, meth, cocaine, alcohol and other drugs under a combination of federal and state payments have been switched to Medicaid. Medicaid rates are far …
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Most alcohol-linked deaths occur among working-age adults, CDC says
This is likely because poverty drives addiction, said Janina Kean, president and CEO of High Watch Recovery Center, a drug-rehab facility in Kent, Conn. "There's more exposure to drugs and alcohol in the impoverished way that minorities in our country …
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In taking on its heroin crisis, Vermont shoots itself in the foot
Serenity House in central Vermont is an inpatient rehab center that treats around 400 recovering addicts a year. America Tonight …. The state's 2013 fiscal year budget for its overall Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment program is $ 29 million. Last …
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