Behavioral Health Business March 12, 2025
As the opioid epidemic approaches its second decade of devastating impact, some health care providers are integrating evidence-based research into their clinical practice to combat this persistent crisis.
Nonprofit substance use disorder (SUD) provider Caron Treatment Centers has taken the approach of integrating research into care. Caron’s Chief Medical Officer, Adam Scioli, said having research in a treatment facility makes sense.
“One of the biggest challenges of conducting research, aside from getting the participant there, is controlling for all the factors that might interfere with the data you seek. Having one participate in a research study while in residential treatment at a provider like Caron really presents an opportunity to control for all those external factors,” Scioli told Behavioral Health...