Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Describes best practices for service delivery and implementation of care and treatment for people with substance use disorders in clinical settings

Describes key considerations for implementing substance use disorder services during COVID-19, including safety precautions, ways to move all services to telehealth, reimbursement contingencies, and leadership actions

Provides an update on providing telehealth services for substance use during COVID-19 and best practices for safely managing treatment during COVID-19

Reviews literature about the use of telehealth interventions to treat substance use disorders, including alcohol use disorder, during the COVID-19 pandemic

Supports integration of screening tools into the electronic health record (EHR) by documenting findings that inclusion of the Drug Abuse Screening Test into the EHR increased both screenings and provider intervention for positive screenings

Provides guidance to clinicians and practices on using telehealth for substance use services during COVID-19, including benefits of using telehealth, Federal and State policy changes, private payers, and general considerations

Guides behavioral health providers through using telehealth with their patients, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic

Reviews policy updates to telehealth services in light of COVID-19 to help primary care practices better serve their patient population via telehealth

Provides an overview of telehealth-related mandates and policies during COVID-19 for each State

Outlines steps and best practices when implementing telehealth strategies to promote adoption of new technology by healthcare organizations