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Gateway's Hospital Bridge Podcast
The Gateway Hospital Bridge Podcast will provide podcast listeners a focused conversation on improving hospital bridge programs, data sharing, linkage to care, and retention of services to hospitals staff, peer support specialist and behavioral health providers. This podcast is made possible through the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) grant.
Gateway Community Services, Inc. is supported by the Florida Department of Children and Families, LSF Health Systems, the City of Jacksonville, the CDC, CARF International, the NIDA Clinical Trials Network, the Florida Blue Foundation, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Gateway's Hospital Bridge Podcast
The State of Opioid Overdoses: A Conversation with Dr. Raymond Pomm & Rico Bodin
In this powerful and timely episode, Dr. Raymond Pomm, renowned psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, and Rico Bodin, Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Master’s level Certified Addiction Professional. Together, they dive into the most recent data on opioid overdoses, highlighting the outcomes in the United States, Florida, and Duval County.
Dr. Pomm and Rico discuss what’s working, what still needs to change, and why we may finally be turning a corner in the opioid crisis. From naloxone access and policy shifts to community outreach and lived experience, this episode offers both clinical insights and on-the-ground perspectives on the data.
Whether you’re a mental health professional, a policymaker, or someone touched by addiction, this conversation sheds light on where we are—and what’s next.