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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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Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI) Steps

Includes six steps of BNI and suggested dialogue for each, which providers can reference during clinical practice

Format
Instrument/Protocol
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Yale University School of Medicine
Resource Type
Video

Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions Resources

Provides resources for assessing organizational readiness, building the business case, and workforce development for integrating primary care and behavioral health
Format
Web Page
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Behavioral Health (NCBH)
Resource Type
Web Page

Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)

Describes and offers resources on how to use CFIR to evaluate or design an implementation study
Format
Web Page
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
CFIR Research Team-Center for Clinical Management Research
Resource Type
Web Page

Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center

Provides communities, clinicians, policymakers, and others with information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical settings
Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Communities
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Resource Type
Web Page

Health Insurance Parity for Alcohol-Related Treatment

Provides state-level information on laws addressing requirements that health plans provide the same levels of benefits for alcohol-related disorders as they do for medical and surgical conditions
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Alcohol Policy Information System
Resource Type
Web Page

HHS Telehealth – For Patients

Provides general information about telehealth, how to talk with a doctor about telehealth options; finding telehealth options through insurance, federally qualified health centers, and other sources; COVID-19 self-assessment tools; a digital telehealth directory and emergency hotlines
Format
Web Page
Audience
Families
Communities
Patients
Source
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Resource Type
Web Page

HHS Telehealth – For Providers

Provides general information about telehealth, how to talk with a patient about telehealth options; finding telehealth options through insurance, federally qualified health centers, and other sources; COVID-19 self-assessment tools; a digital telehealth directory and emergency hotlines.
Format
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)
Resource Type
Web Page

How to Improve: Model for Improvement

Explains the Model for Improvement, a tool designed to help organizations accelerate improvement through two parts: 3 fundamental questions and the PDSA cycle
Format
Web Page
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Resource Type
Web Page

Implementation of the BNI

Offers information on ways to adopt the brief negotiated interview (BNI) in a practice, trainings, considerations for adopting BNI into clinical patient visits, and an example of how BNI was implemented in the Yale SBIRT Residency Training Program
Format
Web Page
Audience
Graduate Education
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
Medical Providers
Behavioral Health Providers
Source
Yale University School of Medicine
Resource Type
Web Page

IRETA Website: Addiction and Recovery Basics

IRETA webpage discussing the basics of addiction, including alcohol
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Behavioral Health Providers
Organizational Leadership
Source
Institute for Research, Education, and Training in Addiction
Resource Type
Web Page