This collection of tools and resources is for providers, staff, and patients who offer or use services to address substance use, and other interested stakeholders. This collection was originally established following an environmental scan on implementing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rural primary care. (See PDFs of Volume 1 (PDF - 609 KB) and Volume 2 (PDF - 1.3 MB) of that scan). Items have been continuously added to this collection since then, and the collection has expanded to cover substance use more broadly, rather than just MAT for OUD.
Offers a two-item version of the Graded Chronic Pain Scale intended for brief and simple assessment of pain severity in primary care settings.
An informational page on the Bloomberg American Health Initiative website which details facts and resources from their Fentanyl Overdose Reduction Checking Analysis Study (FORECAST).
A fact sheet which includes information about fentanyl for both people who use drugs and Healthcare providers.
Highlights the different types of opioids and medication-assisted treatment.
Explores the tension between efforts to address the opioid epidemic and the resulting impact on access to pain medications for people facing serious illness; examines the unintended consequences of the responses to the opioid epidemic for patients, families, communities, and clinicians; and considers potential policy opportunities to address them.
Provides an evidence-based quality improvement roadmap to help primary care teams implement effective, guideline-driven care for their chronic pain and long-term opioid therapy patients.
Addresses prevention of opioid use disorder by exploring efforts across the health system to stop opioid abuse before it starts.
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