Coal Municipality, PA – Today, the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP) was signed up with by substance use disorder (SUD) treatment provider, Gaudenzia, to motivate use of the complimentary and private Addiction Treatment Locator, Evaluation, and Standards Platform, ATLAS, in Pennsylvania.
” The arrival of ATLAS in Pennsylvania comes at a crucial time in Pennsylvania, as we’re seeing an boost in substance use, overdoses and overdose deaths covering the state. Finding and having gain access to to high-quality treatment is critically important for anybody with a substance use disorder looking for care,” stated DDAP Deputy Secretary Ellen DiDomenico. “Keeping an eye on the quality of treatment providers in Pennsylvania and offering people and households a trusted resource to find quality care for themselves and their loved ones are simply a couple of of the benefits provided through the ATLAS tool.”
Established in 1968, and headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Gaudenzia is a big non-profit provider of treatment for people with substance use and co-occurring disorders, serving more than 14,000 people throughout 3 states. The services they provide consist of withdrawal management, residential, and outpatient care to underserved populations that consist of pregnant and parenting females, teenagers, people with co-occurring disorders, and justice included people.
” Having low barriers to gain access to care is seriously essential. There is typically a little window of chance to get somebody intotreatment The schedule of the ATLAS site to determine the closest, most respectable, and most scientifically proper options is essential,” stated Dr. Dale Klatzker, Gaudenzia President and CEO. “We are delighted to partner with DDAP and Unbreakable to belong of this database that will help save lives.”
Forty Gaudenzia treatment locations in Pennsylvania are taking part in ATLAS. An overall of 515 SUD treatment centers, or 67% of the overall DDAP-licensed centers, throughout the state have actually sent their information to be consisted of in ATLAS. Because the launch in Pennsylvania last June, there have actually been more than 1,500 distinct facility views and more than 1,600 finished evaluations through the platform. Treatment centers presently not registered in ATLAS might send their information throughout the existing open registration duration from now through December 30, 2022.
ATLAS assesses addiction treatment centers’ use of evidence-based finest practices based on the Shatterproof National Concepts of Care, consists of an evaluation to comprehend the proper level of care, and deals an simple-to-use control panel to enable those in requirement and their loved ones to search for and compare centers utilizing requirements such as area, services provided, and insurance accepted so they can find the very best treatment for their distinct requirements. ATLAS is completely offered in English and Spanish.
The tool likewise collects and display screens anonymous feedback from patients on their experiences at centers when a minimum limit of 20 reactions for the facility is fulfilled. Just like customer evaluations help people to choose products and services in other locations of healthcare, this feedback assists to notify others’ care choices. Anybody who has actually gotten treatment from a facility in Pennsylvania is motivated to see ATLAS to search for the facility and leave a patient evaluation.
ATLAS was produced by Shatterproof, a national not-for-profit company devoted to reversing the addiction crisis in America. In addition to Pennsylvania, ATLAS is presently in Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York City, Oklahoma, North Carolina, West Virginia and New Jersey.
DDAP’s Get Help Now hotline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357 ), is likewise a trusted resource for people and/or their loved ones if substance use disorder treatment or resources are required. The hotline is private, offered 24 hr a day, 365 days a year and staffed by qualified professionals who will link callers to resources in theircommunity Callers can likewise be linked with financing if they require help paying for treatment.
MEDIA CONTACT: Stephany Dugan – ra-dapressoffice@pa.gov
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