The hospital is eliminating those services to make way for a new drug treatment program, according to the report. That program will be offered by a collaborative that includes various partners such as Crossroads, the Milestone Foundation, the city of Portland and the Portland Police Department.
Hospital officials told WMTW the new collaborative offers more opportunities to help the uninsured and underinsured with addiction disorders.
“We recognize to solve this issue, it has to be a comprehensive, highly coordinated and effective approach. So the goal is to optimize existing assets that we have, not build anew, but one together as a community around the issue,” Melissa Skahn, vice president of mission effectiveness at Mercy Hospital, told the TV station.
No layoffs are expected with the stopping of outpatient addiction services at the hospital.
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