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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 0.69 MB] and Volume 2 [PDF 1.28 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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NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids

NEJM Knowledge+ Pain Management and Opioids module covers the latest practices for assessing and managing patients' acute and chronic pain, current guidelines on the appropriate use of opioids for pain management, and evidence-based strategies for recognizing and treating opioid use.
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

NIDA Drug Use Screening Tool

Guides clinicians through a series of questions to identify risky substance use in their adult patients. Accompanying resources assist clinicians in providing patient feedback and arranging for specialty care, where necessary, using the 5 As of intervention.
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Year

Nursing Intake Screener

Provides a form to document important information that should be recorded during the intake assessment, including whether the patient is pregnant, is taking other drugs, is on methadone, or has other addiction behaviors.
Link
http://docs.clinicaltools.com/pdf/Buppractice/nursingintakescreener_0.pdf
Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
LaBelle C. (Boston Medical Center)
Year

Opioid Addiction Treatment: A Guide for Patients, Families, and Friends

Includes information on assessment, treatment, and medications available to treat opioid use and overdose. Provides links to find a provider or support group.
Link
http://eguideline.guidelinecentral.com/i/706017-asam-opioid-patient-piece
Format
Fact Sheet/Brochure
Audience
Patients
Families
Source
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Year