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Opioid Coalitions Used Data and Shared Goals to Expand MOUD/Naloxone

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A 2026 qualitative case study of 8 top-performing HEALing Communities Study communities linked opioid-response implementation success to representative coalition membership, shared goals, data connectivity, and communications campaigns, not to a simple urban-vs.-rural split.1 The useful lesson is operational: coalitions worked when collaboration was turned into service reach for medication for opioid use disorder and overdose …

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CARES Addiction Risk Screening: 15-Stakeholder Preprint

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A 2026 medRxiv preprint interviewed 15 health-system stakeholders about CARES, a freestanding addiction-risk screening platform, and found a clear implementation split: people wanted better substance-use prevention tools than current clinic screening, but provider burden, stigma, knowledge gaps, and medical-record liability could block uptake.1 Research Highlights Stakeholders saw a screening gap: all 15 interviewees held leadership …

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