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Spokane Regional Health District outlines strategic plan, expands focus on opioid treatment and workforce stability
Summary
Dr. Alicia Thompson, administrative officer of the Spokane Regional Health District, described the agency’s mission, its opioid treatment services and a four-goal five-year strategic plan while discussing efforts to improve access, staffing and data infrastructure.
Dr. Alicia Thompson, administrative officer of the Spokane Regional Health District, told Spokane County Spotlight listeners that the district’s work “touches the lives of every single person in Spokane County every day,” and outlined efforts to strengthen treatment access, staff capacity and data systems.
Thompson described the scope of services at the health district, from the Nurse Family Partnership for new mothers to routine communicable disease investigation and restaurant inspections. She said the district operates an opioid treatment program that provides medication-assisted treatment to people dependent on heroin, fentanyl or prescription opioids and estimated the…
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