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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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Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit

Equips healthcare providers, communities, and local governments with material to develop practices and policies to help prevent opioid-related overdoses and deaths. Addresses issues for healthcare providers, first responders, treatment providers, and those recovering from opioid overdose.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Medical Providers
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Year
File Size
.42 MB

Overcoming Data-Sharing Challenges in the Opioid Epidemic: Integrating Substance Use Disorder Treatment in Primary Care

Summarizes the requirements of confidentiality rules set forth under the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and suggests steps primary care practices can take to maintain compliance.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
California Healthcare Foundation
Year
File Size
.67 MB

Pain and Symptom Management for People With Serious Illness in the Context of the Opioid Epidemic: A Workshop

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.
Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Medical Providers
Policymakers and Payers
Source
National Academy of Sciences
Year

Patient-Centered Opioid Addiction Treatment (P-COAT)

Discusses the alternative payment model designed to improve outcomes and reduce spending for opioid addiction by overcoming the barriers in the current payment system for successful outpatient care.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
American Society of Addiction Medicine and American Medical Association
Year
File Size
.70 MB

Perinatal Mental Health Integration Guide

This implementation guide serves to provide other medical clinics seeking to integrate maternal mental health care into obstetric and/or pediatric settings with best practices for doing so.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Families
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Patients
Source
Maternal Mental Health NOW
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
3.2 MB

Quality Improvement and Care Coordination: Implementing the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain

Offers healthcare systems and practices a provider-focused resource to help move the content of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain into clinical practice.
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
File Size
1.5 MB