Oregon consistently ranks near the bottom of the country in terms of access to treatment for substance use disorders.

Portland-based Boulder Care seeks to address that by providing telehealth and medically assisted treatment options.

The company launched in 2017 and has been based in Portland since 2019. Its aim is to normalize this kind of treatment and make it available in the first days or hours when a person with substance use disorder decides they want to get help.

Dr. Honora Englander, who directs the Improving Addiction Care Team (IMPACT) at Oregon Health and Sciences University, says access to telehealth and medically assisted treatment is an important part of addressing the huge and multifaceted problem of substance use disorder.

Englander and Boulder Care CEO Stephanie Strong both participated in the industry-wide AMERSA conference held in Portland last week, and they join us in studio to discuss more about evidence-based approaches to in-patient and out-patient care for people dealing with addiction.

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