Tonmoy Sharma, M.B.B.S., M.Sc. founder and CEO of Sovereign Health, presents “Why Measurement-Based Care Matters in Addressing the U.S. Opioid Epidemic” at the National Symposium for Integrated Health Harvard University.
Experts agree that measurement-based care (MBC) is the gold standard in treating people with addictions. Yet, less than 20 percent of providers actually use an MBC approach when caring for patients with substance use disorder, a stunning revelation at a time when an opioid crisis is sweeping the U.S. He explains the need to recognize that the face of addiction in America has changed radically over the past two decades.