Jason Kirby, DO, MBA, medical director of addiction services for St. Peter’s Health Partners, appeared on WNYT’s Health Beat to discuss the opioid crisis in New York state and the Capital Region […]
WRGB/CBS6 interviewed Jason Kirby, DO, MBA, medical director of addiction services at St. Peter’s Health Partners, for the latest in its series of stories focusing on the opioid crisis in the Capital Region. […]
The Times Union published a story on a new regional effort to reduce opioid use in hospital emergency departments. The Iroquois Healthcare Association is spearheading the $500,000 Opioid Alternative Project, which involves 17 upstate New York hospitals, including St. Peter’s, Samaritan, and Albany Memorial hospitals. The pilot program is part of wider efforts to curb the state’s opioid epidemic. From the article: In New York, clinicians from participating hospitals met last month to establish their own protocols for alternative treatments, said Jessica Morelli, vice president of the Iroquois Healthcare Alliance. Details are still being finalized, she said, but they broadly agreed to use alternatives to opioids such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, ketamine, lidocaine and even caffeine for diagnoses ranging from urinary stones, back pain, sprains, minor fractures and dislocations, tooth pain, headaches and abdominal pain. To read more about the program, click HERE.
WMHT’s AHA! A House for Arts featured St. Peter’s Addiction and Recovery Center in Guilderland, where therapists use art therapy as a way to help patients better understand themselves and their addiction. […]
Dr. Melissa Weimer, chief of behavioral health and addiction medicine for St. Peter’s Health Partners, was interviewed for a Times Union story on tracking opioid deaths in New York state. […]
Please join St. Peter’s Health Partners and Trinity Health in urging Congress to pass comprehensive solutions to the opioid crisis – take action by May 24! […]
WNYT NewsChannel 13 aired a story on the growing opioid epidemic in the Capital Region. The report featured an interview with Dr. Melissa Weimer, Chief of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital. […]
The Times Union published an article in its ongoing series on the growing opioid epidemic. Dr. Melissa Weimer and Patrick Carrese were interviewed about the crisis and barriers to treatment. […]
National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, April 28. The day, organized by the Drug Enforcement Administration, offers people a chance to dispose of their unused prescription medications and reduce the chance that these drugs might fall into the wrong hands. It’s one simple way to help reduce opioid harm. […]
The Times Union published a new story as part of its continuing coverage on the growing opioid epidemic in the Capital Region. Dr. Melissa Weimer, Chief of Behavioral Health and Addiction Medicine at St. Peter’s Hospital, was interviewed as part of the story: The newest medical approach may be at St. Peter’s Health Partners, where drug users addicted to heroin, fentanyl and other opioids can now walk into outpatient locations in Albany, Troy and Cohoes or emergency departments at Samaritan, Albany Memorial and St. Peter’s hospitals and promptly be evaluated to get buprenorphine to help them through withdrawal, or more intense detox services if needed. The program has served more than 300 people since it opened last September. “When the person feels, I am able to change in this moment, we are ready to treat them in this moment,” said Dr. Melissa Weimer, medical director of the SPHP Addiction Recovery Center. “We’re trying to make it so there’s no closed door.” To view the article, which also includes a video of Dr. Weimer discussing the […]
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