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Number of Patients Treated at the Howard Center Chittenden Clinic (Hub)

Current Value

969

Dec 2019

Definition

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Story Behind the Curve

Updated February 2020

The Howard Center Chittenden Clinic serves as the Hub for the Chittenden County area. The Chittenden Clinic is one of 9 Hubs across the State of Vermont. For the past two years, the Howard Center Chittenden Clinic has served approximately 1,000 patients each month.

Partners

  • Howard Center

Strategy

  • Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the most effective treatment for Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) [1]
  • Hubs offer the treatment intensity and staff expertise that some people require at the beginning of their recovery, at points during their recovery, or all throughout their recovery [2]
  • Hubs provide daily medication and therapeutic support [2]
  • Patients receiving buprenorphine or vivitrol may move back and forth between Hub and Spoke settings over time, as their treatment needs change [2]
  • Hubs offer all elements of Medication Assisted Treatment, including assessment, medication dispensing, individual and group counseling, and more [2]
  • Development and implementation of a hub-and-spoke system of care has contributed substantially to improvements in opioid agonist treatment capacity in Vermont [3]
  • Develop materials to assist clinicians in explaining the typical course of MAT and positive and negative considerations of medication termination and post-MAT continuing care [4]
  • Review and revise the patient placement instruments to improve placement of individuals in the Hub and Spoke system [5]
  • Ensure there are enough waivered providers and clinicians in the county to meet the treatment demand

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