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February 2017

CIT Partnership Award

NC Outstanding CIT Partnership Award

NC Outstanding CIT Partnership Award Lincoln County has a unique partnership to coordinate behavioral health crisis response which is reducing unnecessary emergency room visits by almost 30 percent. All too often, people having a behavioral health crisis end up in the emergency room (ER) when they don’t have a medical emergency. Hospital emergency departments are

A Better Place for Crisis Care

A Better Place for Crisis Care Lincoln County has a unique partnership to coordinate behavioral health crisis response which is reducing unnecessary emergency room visits by almost 30 percent. All too often, people having a behavioral health crisis end up in the emergency room when they don’t have a medical emergency. Hospital emergency departments are

Overdose Kits and Community Needs Assessment Survey

Overdose Reversal Drug Becomes Clinical Tool On Friday, January 27, 2017, Partners Health Management distributed 640 doses of Naloxone HCl to five substance use disorder treatment agencies. This marks a proactive, clinical approach to naloxone distribution by placing the opioid overdose reversal drug directly into the hands of those at highest risk. “We know people with substance

Overdose Reversal Drug Becomes Clinical Tool

On Friday, January 27, 2017, Partners Health Management distributed 640 doses of Naloxone HCl to five substance use disorder treatment agencies. This marks a proactive, clinical approach to Naloxone distribution by placing the opioid overdose reversal drug directly into the hands of those at highest risk. “We know people with substance use disorders are at