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Improving Access To Medication Assisted Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder In A Rural Emergency Department, Warren Grunvald
Improving Access To Medication Assisted Treatment For Opioid Use Disorder In A Rural Emergency Department, Warren Grunvald
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) is a growing epidemic throughout the United States and Maine has not been sparred by this. As the Emergency Department is a frequent location for people with OUD to interact with physicians it has been targeted as an opportunity to initiate Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) with Suboxone. This project details an effort to streamline this process and improve outcomes for patients interested in MAT.
Nutrition And Exercise Resources For Clinton County, Paige M. Wood
Nutrition And Exercise Resources For Clinton County, Paige M. Wood
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The obesity epidemic is a nation wide problem that has increased prevalence in Clinton County, NY when compared to the surrounding areas. Obesity leads to many co-morbid health conditions and is associated with a large increase in health care spending costs. This brochure tackles the limited resources, such as limited number of fitness centers, lack of nutrition education and an overall lower socioeconomic status, that is present in the Clinton County area. This brochure offers help in these areas through free phone applications which cover nutrition education, healthy shopping guidance, at home exercise routines, motivation, habit trackers and mindfulness exercises.
Barriers To Affordable Prescriptions In Rural Vermont, Niketu P. Patel
Barriers To Affordable Prescriptions In Rural Vermont, Niketu P. Patel
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
This project aimed at understanding why people in Rutland County, Vermont struggle with buying medications for their health. The project implemented and proposed several methods to help the population of Rutland area better adapt to the growing cost of prescriptions via $4 medication lists, rebates, samples, etc.