7/25/2019
Social determinants of health (SDH) are the conditions in which people live, work, and age and include factors like housing stability, employment status, geographic location, education, and other socioeconomic circumstances. SDH, often determined by distribution of wealth and resources, has proven responsible for inequities in healthcare and has become its biggest cost-driver.
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6/7/2019
Using options like acupuncture, physical
fitness, pottery, and more within an organized community-based program can help
people reduce reliance on opioids
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4/16/2019
In
October, we highlighted some emerging medtech options
that may help reduce reliance on opioids for pain management. Next in our
series on pain management in the context of the current opioid crisis, we examine
the deeper issue of the nature of pain itself.
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3/14/2019
By CARF International
The CARF Connection blog often discusses integrative
services and ways to approach a person in a holistic way. In other words, we
focus on many of the things that social workers have been advocating since the
era of Jane Addams in the 1890s. It is no wonder that CARF’s workforce is
teeming with social work professionals.
This March, CARF joins the National Association of Social
Workers in celebrating social workers.
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3/7/2019
Answers to 7 frequently asked questions about methadone. Is
methadone an opioid? How does methadone work? What is methadone used for? Find
the answers here.
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2/28/2019
By CARF International
CARF invited Flora Sadri to share more about the
office-based opioid treatment (OBOT) setting
and the need for a centralized quality framework. Flora
Sadri participated in the International Standards Advisory Committee that
crafted CARF’s new OBOT standards.
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2/25/2019
By CARF International
With healthcare information more
widely available than ever, consumers are boosting their health literacy,
taking the initiative to educate themselves more thoroughly on how to take care
of themselves. Here are some suggestions for taking control of your own health
literacy.
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2/13/2019
By CARF International
CARF shares best practices related to outcomes management through
its standards. To complement that effort, here are some recent field examples
of outcomes systems’ improving performance.
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2/5/2019
By CARF International
The way we talk about methadone often does not communicate the
treatment offerings and efficacy of Opioid Treatment Programs. It’s time we
update public perceptions
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1/29/2019
By CARF International
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is the term for the
combination of counseling and behavioral therapy with FDA-approved medications
to treat substance use disorders (SUD). Over the past few years, MAT has become
a broad term that describes how medication can support a person’s recovery from
SUD. However, due largely to America’s opioid epidemic, MAT is mostly known to
the public as it relates to the recovery of people with opioid use disorder
(OUD).
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