SAFE GC Coalition: ATLAS Website Resource for Addiction Treatment

ATLAS is the first resource of its kind to help those looking for addiction treatment find high-quality care best suited to meet their needs. This online platform includes a consumer-friendly level of care assessment aligned with the ASAM Criteria (standardized treatment planning guidelines) and provides a directory of addiction treatment facilities across the state with transparent data on the use of evidence-based medical practices and patient experiences.

ATLAS was designed to meet the needs of those looking for treatment by Shatterproof, a national nonprofit dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in America. Shatterproof serves individuals and families impacted by addiction and knows firsthand how difficult it is to locate high-quality treatment, and the risks associated with not doing so. To further advance their mission, ATLAS will also support statewide improvement in the quality of addiction treatment by democratizing data for use by addiction professionals, policymakers, and payers such as health insurers and employers. Addiction treatment facilities can use ATLAS to create benchmarks and inform quality improvement efforts while other stakeholders can use this information to deliver more targeted technical assistance, inform policy change, and designate high performing facilities.

ATLAS measures addiction treatment facilities' use of best practices through a combination of validated data sources and reports the results of these measures publicly. ATLAS will also continue to collect feedback from patients in a crowdsource fashion and will display this information publicly once a minimum threshold of 20 patients have submitted responses on their experience at a given facility.

ATLAS has been implemented across six states: DE, LA, MA, NC, NY, WV and will be expanded to additional states.

Shatterproof is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to reversing the addiction crisis in the United States focused on one specific goal: To transform America’s addiction treatment system. For more information please visit www.shatterproof.org

The SAFE Glen Cove Coalition is conducting an opioid prevention awareness campaign entitled. “Keeping Glen Cove SAFE,” in order to educate and update the community regarding opioid use and its consequences. To learn more about the SAFE Glen Cove Coalition please follow us on www.facebook.com/safeglencovecoalition or visit SAFE’s website to learn more about the Opioid Epidemic at www.safeglencove.org.