St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals get close to $3 million in federal money to fight addiction
CLEVELAND – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has awarded St. Vincent Charity Medical Center and University Hospitals a $2.89 million grant to improve access to addiction care in Northeast Ohio, the medical center announced Monday.
The facilities will use the grant to increase the number of psychiatrists and physicians trained in Northeast Ohio who are board-certified to treat addictions by more than doubling current fellowship opportunities. The grant to be provided over five years by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will be used to create a Northeast Ohio Center for Addiction Research Prevention and Education (CARPE) Collaborative that will fulfill that mission.
A statement from Christina M. Delos Reyes of University Hospitals said the institutions have collaborated since 1990 to train psychiatrists and primary care physicians to treat patients and families with substance use disorders. She said the grant is is “designed as a workforce development program that also emphasizes expanding addiction care to rural areas and integrating addiction care into primary care offices.”
