"Health & Medical News"

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Treatment Research Institute
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Philadelphia, PA 19106
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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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Following a model established in Vancouver, city officials in San Francisco are considering whether to set up a supervised “safe-injection” site for IV-drug users, KTVU-TV reported Oct. 18.

Officials and addiction experts held a symposium this week on the safe-injection site concept. “Having the conversation today will help us figure out whether this is a way to reduce the harms and improve the health of our community,” said Grant Colfax, director of HIV prevention for the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

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Canada’s conservative government has given a Vancouver safe heroin-injection site a six-month lease on life, but the decision is being criticized by supporters of the Insite program, the Victoria Times-Colonist reported Oct. 3.

The program’s exemption from Canada’s drug laws was extended until June 2008 by Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement, but backers of the harm-reduction program called the move a delaying tactic to push the issue past a federal election.

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