News & Events

Borough law enforcement and members of the health and recovery community announced a sharp decrease in the number of fatal and non-fatal overdoses on Staten Island this year. They’re calling the latest overdose data a “bright ray of hope.” “What we’re doing on Staten...

Through a partnership with MIT, the Staten Island Performing Provider System (SI PPS) hopes to create new treatment pathways for people with substance misuse disorder. SI PPS has shared its data with the MIT Sloan Initiative for Health System Innovation to create new...

The CDC is raising awareness of the risk to patient health and safety due to misapplication of the Opioid Guideline for chronic pain. Please read the recent commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, where authors of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing...

Joseph Conte PhD, Executive Director of Staten Island Performing Provider System, writes for Hospital Times on how the opioid phenomenon has evolved in the US and ways in which the challenge has been effectively met by an innovative provider system. "In the US today,...

The next Certified Recovery Peer Advocate (CRPA) training at the College of Staten Island is scheduled for June 25th through August 15th, 2019. The training is completely funded by SI PPS and FREE to participants. Space is limited, so if you or someone you know is...

The Safe Prescriber Pledge Kickoff took place on April 10th at the College of Staten Island's Williamson Theatre. Over 300 professionals representing multiple specialties attended the kickoff, ready to join the effort to reduce opioid related overdoses and...