Sustaining Peers in the ED

The goal of this program is to connect our Substance Use Navigators and Peer Recovery Specialists to patients who are being discharged from the Emergency Departments in the city of Philadelphia. We currently operate in the West Philadelphia hospitals of HUP Cedar, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.

Substance Use Navigators are able to provide relevant referrals and can help ensure warm handoffs from hospital EDs to:

• Multiple treatment pathways (inpatient, outpatient, IOP, contingency management)
• Next-day methadone treatment
• Ongoing MOUD/MAT & primary care providers
• CareConnect Warmline via phone or text
• Community Resources
• Recovery Housing
• Peer Counseling
• Harm Reduction materials