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 [...]
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 ag亚游官网 ag亚游官网 Highland Hospital in Oakland. She says addressing [...]
AHS's Substance Use Treatment Program has established an impressive legacy spanning over 25 years. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, this year marked the program's second in-person graduation. Our dedicated team of therapists, navigators, case managers, childcare coordinators, community health outreach workers, substance use counselors, and administrative professionals collaborates to provide unwavering support to [...]
June 28, 2023 – Oakland, CA –Investigators at Alameda Health System’s (AHS) Bridge Clinic are participating in a new, six-city trial of injectable buprenorphine for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder in adults who also use opioids. This is the first study to investigate the drug’s efficacy in treating the two co-addictions simultaneously. “People who [...]
Originally published on The Oaklandside. By Robin Buller. Health experts and social workers say meth use and harms associated with it are rising fast and treatment options are limited. In an older wing of Oakland’s historic ag亚游官网 ag亚游官网 Highland Hospital Campus, a patient waits on an examination table. He is there to receive a monthly [...]
