Recent studies show that expanding opioid use disorder treatment in emergency room settings saves lives

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 28, 2024 – Patients who need opioid use disorder treatment can find it at the emergency department of Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus in Oakland. Emergency physicians and substance use navigators from the AHS Bridge Clinic are offering a model of low barrier access to care that starts [...]

Dr. Andrew Herring speaks to The San Francisco Chronicle about vaccines for substance use disorder

Dr. Andrew Herring. “If we have an expensive research product that’s only available to a small number of people, that’s not going to move the needle,” said Dr. Andrew Herring, medical director of the Alameda Health System Bridge Clinic. “I love anything spent on trying to figure out this disease and think it’s [...]

The San Francisco Chronicle profiles AHS Substance Use Disorder Treatment Manager Jasmin Canfield.

This profile of Jasmin Canfield, manager of substance use treatment at Alameda Health System, is excerpted from The San Francisco Chronicle special feature, How seven lives were 'forever changed' by the overdose crisis. Jasmin Canfield, a licensed social worker with Alameda Health System, stands inside Wilma Chan Highland Hospital in Oakland. She says addressing [...]