“We’ve had some snowy days in my area, and this means administrators at our opioid treatment program must decide if we should provide extra take home doses to patients for the days when travel will be treacherous.
Ultimately, it’s up to me, the medical director, to decide the risk level of each patient. Which is more dangerous, driving on snowy roads to get to the opioid treatment program to dose, or having an extra take home bottle of medication? I need input from the staff to make the best decisions, so this can be time consuming.
Admittedly, my program failed our patients this last week.”
Read more at: https://janaburson.wordpress.com/2018/01/22/bad-weather-take-home-doses-for-opioid-treatment-program-patients/
Source: Dr. Jana Burson – January 22, 2018
