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Substance Use Tools & Resources   

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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.

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Blending Initiative Motivational Interviewing CME/CE and Patient Simulation

Provides practical guidance for clinicians in effective motivational interviewing techniques to address health risk behaviors. Guides clinicians through practical skill building and technique development using videos to model effective communication and allows real-time testing and reinforcement of these skills in the clinical setting.
Format
Web-Based Course
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Brown & Stanley Safety Plan Template (PDF - 57)

Patient safety plan template to fill out with the patient.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Families
Medical Providers
Source
988 Lifeline
Year
Resource Type
PDF

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016

Provides recommendations for primary care clinicians who are prescribing opioids for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Addresses timing of opioid use for chronic pain; opioid selection, dosage, duration, followup, and discontinuation; and ways to assess risk and address harms of opioid use.
Format
Guide
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year

Chronic Care Management Services (PDF - 1.5 MB)

Provides background on payable chronic care management service codes, identifies eligible practitioners and patients, and details the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule billing requirements.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Year

Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Webinar Series

Uses a data-driven approach to help providers choose the most effective pain treatment options and improve the safety of opioid prescribing for chronic pain. Provides informative, case-based content that instructs participants on how the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain can be applied in a primary care practice setting.

Format
Web-Based Course
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and University of Washington
Year

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS)

The Columbia Lighthouse Project provides the Columbia Protocol, also known as the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), for use in a multitude of community and healthcare settings.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
The Colombia Lighthouse Project
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Decisions in Recovery: Treatment for Opioid Use Disorders Handbook (PDF - 860 KB)

Provides patients and families who are thinking about seeking help for an opioid problem or considering medications that help with recovery from OUD with information to support these decisions.

Format
Other
Audience
Families
Patients
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Drug Diversion Toolkit: Prescription Opioids — An Overview for Prescribers and Pharmacists

Informs prescribers and pharmacists about prescription opioids diverted for nonmedical use, opioid regulatory requirements, value of participating in State-managed prescription drug monitoring programs, risk evaluation and mitigation strategies, and prescriber tactics that may reduce the likelihood of diversion.
Link
https://www.homestatehealth.com/content/dam/centene/home-state-health/pdfs/drugdiversion-opioids-booklet.pdf
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Source
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Year

Effective Treatments for Opioid Addiction (PDF - 596 KB)

Provides an overview of science-based solutions for treating patients with opioid addiction.
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Patients
Families
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year