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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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Criminal Justice and Substance Use

This NIDA web page includes resources to help decrease substance use, address barriers to care, and improve outcomes among people in jail and prison systems.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Other Team Members
Behavioral Health Providers
States
Communities
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Decision Support Tool and Billing Modules

Grade B

The Decision Support Tool empowers providers to estimate Medicare and Medicaid revenue across prominent integrated care services to finance these services more effectively in community mental health care, substance use treatment and primary care provider organizations. It includes a list of specific billing codes, service types, professional discipline coverage, documentation and time requirements.

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Designing, Implementing and Sustaining Physical Health-Behavioral Health Integration: The Comprehensive Healthcare Integration Framework (PDF - 1.1 MB)

Grade B

This framework guides the implementation of integration of physical and behavioral health (including mental health and substance use) for all child and adult populations. The framework can be used by any provider in a broad range of settings and organizations.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Drugs & the Brain Wallet Card  (PDF - 860 KB)

This tool is designed for people leaving criminal justice facilities and transitioning back to a less structured environment.
Format
Patient Form
Audience
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Drugs & the Brain Wallet Card (Spanish) (PDF - 860 KB)

This tool, written in Spanish, is designed for people leaving criminal justice facilities and transitioning back to a less structured environment.
Format
Patient Form
Audience
Patients
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Emotional Wellness Toolkit

This toolkit includes six strategies and checklists for improving one's emotional health, and additional resources about emotional wellness.
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Patients
Source
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

Ensuring Access to Behavioral Health Care: Making Integrated Care a Reality (PDF - 486 KB)

This is invited testimony to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee during the hearing on "Behavioral Health Care When Americans Need It: Ensuring Parity and Care Integration" about making behavioral health services accessible to Americans, including care for substance use disorders.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Source
The Commonwealth Fund; Williams RD
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Evaluation of Mental Health Mobile Applications (PDF - 8.1 MB)

This Technical Brief proposes a framework to assess mental health mobile applications, including those related to substance use, with the aim to facilitate selection of apps. The results of applying the framework will yield summary statements on the strengths and limitations of the apps and are intended for use by providers and patients/caregivers.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Examples of Telehealth-Enabled Team-Based Care Implementation: SUD Care (PDF - 572 KB)

A clinical pharmacist from Rush University Medical Center presents an example of implementation of team-based care using telehealth for substance use disorder (SUD) care.

Format
Other
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Tran TH
Year
Resource Type
PDF