Mullicia Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health has initiated a substance use disorder program at Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill to provide patients with initial treatment and connections to services during hospital care.
The program is a partnership with the Gloucester County Board of Commissioners, according to a Jan. 29 news release. The county approved $750,000 in funding over the next three years to support development of the program at the hospital.
The initiative responds to Inspira’s assessment of community needs for 2025-27, which identified substance use as a major health challenge in Gloucester County. In its first two months, the program served more than 150 individuals with substance use disorder.
Under the leadership of an addiction medicine specialist from Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care’s Cooper Center for Healing, the program is designed to provide stigma-free engagement, withdrawal treatment, initiation of medications for addiction treatment and links to evidence-based care. The care team includes addiction medicine physicians, trained recovery specialists and navigation specialists who support follow-up appointments and social needs. The program also coordinates with perinatal specialists for people who experience substance use disorder during pregnancy.
Addiction medicine consultation services is modeled after a program developed at Cooper University Hospital that has helped more than 10,000 people since its launch in 2015.
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