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Promoting Alcohol Awareness and Management in Primary Care with EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use

Alcohol misuse is on the rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ) supports evidence-based screening and treatment for unhealthy alcohol…

AHRQ Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative Grantee Releases New Training Resources for Primary Care

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative helps primary care practices implement evidence shown to improve management…

Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Primary Care Research

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks health services research grant applications to advance the science of primary care. In this SEN, AHRQ is interested in…

Telehealth Still Plays Key Role in Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment

According to this Kaiser Family Foundation and Epic Research report, telehealth was used for less than 1% of outpatient care visits before the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal agencies…

Opportunities to Integrate SUD and OB/GYN Care Addressed in ASPE Report

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) released a new report on opportunities for and barriers to integrating obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and…

Resources for Promoting Patient Engagement in Care Using Electronic Health Records

The information and data included in electronic health records (EHRs) can offer patients, family members, caregivers, and care team members the opportunity to become more engaged,…

Disparities in Overdose Deaths Involving Stimulant and Opioid Co-Use

While overdose deaths from the co-use of opioids and methamphetamine or other stimulants (MOS) have increased across all racial/ethnic groups nationwide, researchers have found large…

New CMS Guidance and Funding for Behavioral Health Continuum of Care

On December 28, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new guidance on the scope of and payments for community-based mobile crisis services authorized by the…

Failure to Deliver Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits Shown in new Report to Congress

The U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury have issued the 2022 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) Report to Congress. The MHPAEA…

AHRQ-Funded Study Finds Buprenorphine Education Improves Adoption of MAT for OUD in Rural Primary Care Practices

In a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine, researchers at the University of Colorado, Denver describe the impact of the Implementing Technology and Medication Assisted…

Improving Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment a Priority for Biden Administration

The Biden Administration has released its Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Plan outlining the regulatory priorities for Federal agencies in 2022. The Department of Labor,…

AHRQ Integration Academy Co-Sponsors Webinar on Using Open Notes to Promote Equity

National Integration Academy Council members Alexander Blount, Ed.D., and Neil Korsen, M.D., M.Sc., will be joining the National Center for Integrated Behavioral Health at the Mayo…

New NIH HEAL Tools for Suicide Prevention in Primary Care

Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative, or NIH HEAL Initiative, are investigating ways to mitigate suicide risk for people who misuse opioids or have opioid use disorder (OUD) and…

AHRQ Impact Case Study features Pennsylvania MAT Grantee Project RAMP

The Agency for Healthcare and Research Quality (AHRQ)-funded Rural Access to Medication Assisted Treatment in Pennsylvania project (Project RAMP) is featured in AHRQ’s latest Impact Case…

Opportunity for Submissions: Cross-cultural Strategies to Address Brain and Mental Health in Underserved Populations

  Submission Deadline:  February 1, 2022 Globally, older adults face unique health challenges threatening their ability to maintain their health and mental wellbeing,…

AHRQ Web Conference on Digital Healthcare Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is hosting a free web conference on July 1, 2021 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET to discuss how digital healthcare has been affected by the…

New Webinar on Primary Care Research Challenges during COVID-19

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has released a new webinar focusing on lessons learned about conducting primary care research during the COVID-19 epidemic from grantees…

HHS Releases New Buprenorphine Guidelines

In an effort to get evidenced-based treatment to more Americans with opioid use disorder (OUD), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released new buprenorphine…

Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Announces Interest in Health Services Research to Address Substance Use Disorder Epidemic

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) seeks health services research grant applications to advance our Nation's understanding of the substance use disorder (SUD) crisis…