Crain's Detroit Business, In The Media: Report: Metro Detroit community health centers reap $100 million in federal funding
Community health centers in metro Detroit have received more than $100 million in federal grant funding the past six years through the Affordable Care Act and related legislation. The additional funding has enabled the centers to expand services, purchase new equipment, develop new programs, expand access points and train health care workers, according to a study by Altarum Institute and …
Read more >In The Media, The Michigan Daily: Heroin and opiate usage spikes in Washtenaw County
At the end of June, every University of Michigan police officer will carry Naloxone, a generic version of the name-brand drug Narcan that reverses the effects of an overdose by blocking opiate receptors in the brain. This new training and policy comes two years after the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office began combating peaking opioid overdose numbers in the area…
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: Good news on health care
Most religions have some basic creed all members are supposed to profess. Many political parties do as well. I’m not sure what that would be for Democrats these days. But for today’s Republicans, one basic article of faith is bitter opposition to the Affordable Care Act, perhaps better known as Obamacare…
Read more >In The Media, MLive: Huron Valley Ambulance honors project aimed at reducing heroin-related deaths
People and organizations in the Ann Arbor area are saving lives, and Huron Valley Ambulance took time this month to recognize them. The ambulance service that covers all of Washtenaw County and parts of Livingston and Wayne counties gave multiple honors and awards at a banquet May 18 during National EMS Week…
Read more >Crain's Detroit Business, In The Media: Michigan still fine tuning Medicaid mental health system
President John F. Kennedy started the mental health deinstitutionalization ball rolling early in 1963 before his assassination later that year by a man, Lee Harvey Oswald, who some believe had an untreated mental illness. Kennedy’s signing of the Mental Retardation Facilities and the Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act eventually led to Michigan closing more than 30 psychiatric hospitals beginning …
Read more >In The Media, Michigan Radio: Fewer Michiganders without health insurance, federal report says
The Michigan population without health insurance has dropped substantially since start of the Affordable Care Act, according to a report this week by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The percentage of uninsured Michiganders fell to 7% in 2015, down from more than 10% uninsured the previous year…
Read more >Herald Times Reporter, In The Media: ThedaCare upgrades fit into new hospital plan
After spending millions of dollars in recent years to upgrade its facilities or build new ones, leaders at ThedaCare say the changes would fit into a more efficient health care system should it build a new regional hospital in the Fox Cities…
Read more >In The Media, The Michigan Daily: School of Nursing Symposium aims to further philanthropy abroad
Stephen Strobble, Clinical Associate Professor at the University Michigan School of Nursing and Co-Chair of the Washtenaw Health Initiative (WHI) Opioid Project, was awarded the faculty poster award at the University of Michigan School of Nursing’s 125th year anniversary event and spoke about the importance of the event in recognizing local and global health concerns.
Read more >In The Media, Midland Daily News: HHS awards more than $3 Million to Michigan health centers to health treat substance use
The U.S. Department Health & Human Services recently announced that 10 Michigan health centers have received more than $3 million in funding to improve and expand the delivery of substance use services. Among them is Health Delivery, Inc., Saginaw, which received $352,083. Nationwide, more than $94 million in funding was provided to 271 health centers…
Read more >In The Media, The Wastenaw Voice: An all inclusive medical amnesty law needs to be enacted in Michigan
My generation faces a growing drug problem. Opiate drug overdoses have been on the rise in the last several years and 911 calls for help occur less than 50 percent of the time. The fear of police involvement deters many from calling for help. But, there’s a simple solution to this problem: creating a decent and effective medical amnesty, or …
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