Upon discharge, the navigators (peer recovery coaches) help ensure the patient returns to the hospital daily for Suboxone treatment for three days until they are placed in a treatment center. Genesys brings in community care navigators from New Paths, a Flint-based center that works with an array of partners to address OUD, if the patient wants to pursue recovery. The medical team determines if they have any other underlying health issues and assesses their interest in treatment. “The medication takes away the cravings and increases the likelihood they will seek help,” says Dr. On the outpatient side, once a person is determined to be suffering from OUD, the doctor prescribes buprenorphine or Suboxone to ease their withdrawal symptoms.
We had to do better for these patients.”ĭoing better took the form of a dual-pronged medication treatment program that offers outpatient and inpatient services. They’re going to need their substance again before they can get help.
“The best we could do was give them a piece of paper with resources on it and tell them to try those places,” says Dr. Unless those with opioid use disorder presented with an active medical issue that could be diagnosed and treated, the emergency department could offer little to people in overdose or asking for assistance with mitigating their drug use. “Opioid use has grown into such a problem we couldn’t sit by and do nothing.” Alan Janssen, emergency room medical director at Ascension Genesys Hospital. “We have this horrible situation where people are coming in every single day with overdose symptoms,” explains Dr. With the number of opioid-related deaths exceeding 400,000 nationally and rising, staff at Genesys could not overlook the impact the epidemic had on patients. “The funding helps to advance our work in this area more quickly and comprehensively.” Outpatient and Inpatient Resources for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment “Our involvement with the Michigan Opioid Partnership through the foundation allows us to focus on this issue in a collective and systemic way,” says Sue Tippett, director of grants administration at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan.
These guiding principles were the basis for Ascension Genesys Hospital’s decision to apply for funding from the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan to enhance their work with people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Also reflected in the organization’s mission is to advocate for a more just and compassionate society in words and actions. Detroit East-Side Neighborhood RevitalizationĪscension Genesys Hospital Addresses Stigma and Offers Dual-Pronged Treatment through its Emergency DepartmentĪs one of the leading nonprofit health systems in the United States, Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all with a special emphasis on those who are most vulnerable.The Community Foundation for Livingston County.Community Foundation Challenge-Emergency Food & Shelter.Community Foundation Challenge-Arts & Culture.Youth Entrepreneurship Learning Initiative (YELI).Southeast Michigan Immigrant and Refugee Funder Collaborative.Community Policing Innovation Initiative.The article features a nurse who claims they are routinely told to work 16-hour shifts or they could be fired. The New York Times goes on to say that Genesys has lost 30 percent of its permanent nurses since a hiring freeze in 2018. The New York Times article reported that Ascension spent years cutting jobs, leaving it “ flat-footed when the pandemic hit”. And she goes ‘well there’s an article on Ascension and our hospital in particular’.” “And I go what’s that? And she asked me if I had a New York Times subscription and I said no. “One of my coworkers that works in the cafeteria area came up to me at lunch and asked me if I had heard the big news,” he recalled. (WNEM) - A Grand Blanc Township hospital is getting national attention for the wrong reasons a New York Times investigative report that features Ascension Genesys Hospital paints a dark picture of over-worked staff and under-served patients.Īrchie Austin, a housekeeper at Genesys, shared his thoughts on the article and voiced his opinions on the working conditions.
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