The Emergency Department Addiction Consult Team (ED ACT) is a partnership between Adult Primary Care, Addiction Medicine, and Emergency Medicine that provides medical consultation, linkage to outpatient treatment, and harm reduction counseling for patients who use drugs and access medical care through the BMC Emergency Department.
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BMC’s Adult Primary Care department provides patients aged 18 and older with a medical home, coordinating care across BMC to help our patients get well and stay healthy.
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As the busiest emergency department in New England and the 11th busiest in the country, the Emergency Department (ED) at Boston Medical Center provides renowned and compassionate …
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Addiction and Emergency Medicine Residency Fellowships
All addiction psychiatry fellows at BMC rotate through the Emergency Department Addiction Consult Team, while addiction medicine fellows and emergency medicine residents have the option for an elective rotation with our team.
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