Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Educational poster for display in patient exam room about why providers ask everyone about alcohol use

Educational poster in Spanish for display in patient exam room about why providers ask everyone about alcohol use

Poster for primary care settings to help normalize asking about alcohol and substance use during the visit

Includes resources from States with substance use disorder demonstration programs from November 2017 CMS guidance that improved access to substance use disorder services

Validation article for SUBS in a diverse adult primary care population

Describes development of a comprehensive checklist of determinants of practice, or factors that enable or prevent practice improvements; also includes worksheets to facilitate use of the checklist in quality improvement projects

A systematic review that concludes that brief intervention is associated with reducing weekly alcohol consumption

Presents a concept analysis of the term "substance misuse" and recommends an alternate term that is less stigmatizing: "at-risk substance use"

A journal article (referenced by Institute for Healthcare Improvement's website) that describes a framework to guide practice facilitators in building improvement capacity

Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) that recommends guidelines for primary care clinicians to follow when caring for patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders