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Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

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A collection of tools and resources for managing unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, intended for use by providers, organizational leadership, other team members, and patients.

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Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Quality (PDF - 1.1 MB)

From 2010 to 2013, RAND conducted a program evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) grants program, describing the structure, process, and outcomes for the first three cohorts of grantee programs (awarded in 2009 and 2010). The current study extends previous work by investigating the impact of PBHCI on consumers' healthcare use, total costs of care to Medicaid, and quality of care in three States
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Medical Providers
Source
Breslau J, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Primary Care and Mental Health: Overview of Integrated Care Models (PDF - 305 KB)

Summarizes models of care for mental health in primary care settings, including using nurse practitioners to screen, diagnose, and treat common conditions such as alcohol use disorder. Nurse practitioners can take a continuing education test online after reading this article for a small fee
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Brown M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Primary Care Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from AHRQ's UAU Grantees

This webinar focuses on lessons learned about conducting primary care research during the COVID-19 epidemic from grantees participating in the EvidenceNOW: Managing Unhealthy Alcohol Use Initiative. The webinar addresses common challenges and potential solutions with practice recruitment, logistical problems such as data collection and human subjects concerns, and strategies to initiate and maintain engagement with practices.

Format
Webinar/Video
Audience
Academics
Source
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Year
Resource Type
Video

Program Evaluation on the Use of the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Process in Primary Care Physician Offices (PDF - 571 KB)

Describes results of a program evaluation conducted with thousands of primary care physician practices in the State of Pennsylvania, recommending that practices identify SBIRT resources and support, conduct roundtable discussions with physicians, and establish SBIRT champions within their practice
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Sanchez-Navarro L
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Reimbursement for Medications for Addiction Treatment Toolkit (PDF - 1.82 MB)

This guide provides considerations and strategies for clinicians and organizations implementing evidence-based practices. Approaches presented will assist clinicians, behavioral health organizations, primary care providers, insurers, and policy makers in understanding, selecting, and implementing evidence-based interventions that support adults with concurrent substance use and/or concurrent substance use disorders, including alcohol.

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Providers Clinical Support System (PCSS)
Year
Resource Type
PDF

SBIRT Training

Website designed to impact patient outcomes positively in the realm of substance use by providing effective training in SBIRT skills for healthcare providers
Link
https://sbirt.clinicalencounters.com/
Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Graduate Education
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Clinical Tools, Inc.
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

SBIRT-Plus: Adding Population Health Innovations to Enhance Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Effectiveness

Describes the benefits of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT)-Plus, which is focused on increasing the reach of SBIRT by aiming for systems-level changes and benefits on a broader population scale
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Babor T
Year
Resource Type
Article

Screening and Brief Intervention for Substance Use Disorders in Times of COVID-19: Potential Opportunities, Adaptations, and Challenges

Discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged implementation of screening and brief intervention, and identifies potential opportunities to use SBI to further identify and treat substance use disorders
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Ghosh A, et al.
Year
Resource Type
External Link

Screening and Interventions for Social Risk Factors: A Technical Brief to Support the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (PDF - 2.9 MB)

This technical brief highlights research on screening and interventions for social risk factors, including screening for substance use, and presents gaps in the research as well as challenges of implementing these interventions.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Eder M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF