In this episode of ASAM Practice Pearls, Dr. Stephen Taylor and Dr. Mike Fingerhood discuss the importance of enhancing addiction care through community support and compassionate touch points. They explore how providing access to basic needs can serve as entry points into treatment for individuals struggling with addiction, the effect of compassionate interventions on clinical outcomes, and the challenges related to funding and community acceptance for addiction services.
The target audience for these comprehensive level episodes includes all medication prescribers and care team members.
This session addresses the following ACGME Competencies: Patient Care and Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning and Improvement, and Medical Knowledge.
Learning Objectives
These are the learning objectives for season 2. Not all learning objectives will be covered in every episode.
Explain emerging evidence and clinical considerations for different substances to enhance assessment and support safe, effective treatment planning for individuals with substance use disorders.
Apply up-to-date, evidence-based, and patient-centered strategies and guidance to enhance patient engagement, promote safety, and improve outcomes for individuals with substance use disorders across various healthcare settings.
Recognize how structural, social, and cultural factors influence substance use, treatment access, and patient–clinician interactions, and implement strategies to enhance equity and deliver culturally responsive, inclusive addiction care.
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Stephen M. Taylor
MD, MPH, DFAPA, DFASAM
Dr. Stephen M. Taylor is ASAM's President and is board-certified in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and addiction medicine. With over 30 years of practice experience, Dr. Taylor is dedicated to helping adolescents and adults overcome addiction and co-occurring psychiatric disorders. He has served as the Medical Director of the NBA and NBPA Player Assistance and Anti-Drug Program for 16 years and is the Chief Medical Officer of Pathway Healthcare, which operates multiple outpatient addiction and mental health treatment offices across six states.
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Michael Fingerhood, MD, FACP, DFASAM
Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Michael I. Fingerhood is a Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University and Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Dr. Fingerhood created The Comprehensive Care Practice in 1994, a primary care practice largely devoted to providing care to individuals with substance use disorder. The practice has been innovative in integrating buprenorphine treatment into the primary care setting for over 650 individuals. He has also co-created novel buprenorphine treatment programs for a community center, church, and a mobile van outside the Baltimore Detention Center. Dr. Fingerhood received the Health Equity Leadership Award from the Baltimore City Health Department. He is the co-author of the ASAM Handbook of Addiction Medicine. Dr. Fingerhood serves on the ASAM Board of Directors as Ex-Officio, Chair of the Medical Education Council. In addition, he has co-authored over 80 research papers and received NIH research funding continuously over the past 30 years.
In support of improving patient care, the American Society of Addiction Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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Certified Counselors: NBCC Contact Hours not offered American Society of Addiction Medicine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7062. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. American Society of Addiction Medicine is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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Recorded 06/29/2026 | 25 minutes
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