Harris Health System Is Testing How Nurse Support Can Help Opioid Addicts

Harris Health System Is Testing How Nurse Support Can Help Opioid Addicts 

HOUSTON (April 29, 2019)—Just how important is extra support from a clinical nurse in helping opioid addicts kick their deadly habit? That’s what a research project at Harris Health System, in collaboration with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), is trying to find out. The office-based treatment program featuring a clinical nurse is the only such program in Texas, and one of only six sites testing its effectiveness nationwide. Raquel Wright, […]