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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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American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Fundamentals of Addiction Medicine 40-Hour CME Program

40-hour Continuing Medical Education (CME) training program for primary care providers and other clinical providers to diagnose and treat patients at risk for or with addiction

Format
Web-Based Course
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Source
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Year
Resource Type
External Link

Behavioral Health in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities

Presents challenges and opportunities for improving behavioral health (including alcohol use disorder) in rural communities, with examples of ways to better integrate behavioral health and primary care and examples of policies for addressing behavioral health disorders
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Policymakers and Payers
Source
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
449 KB

CDC's Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Efforts

Outlines SBI basics and provides resources related to SBI implementation, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, and CDC's efforts on UAU
Format
Web Page
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Behavioral Health Providers
Graduate Education
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

CIN Toolkit - Three Strategies to Help Primary Care Teams Treat Substance Use Disorders

Offers best practices and tools for primary care organizations to incorporate substance use disorder into their treatment services
Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
California Improvement Network
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
3.81 MB

Clinical Workflow and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Data in the Electronic Health Records: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study

Explores the availability of substance use disorder treatment data in the electronic health record to inform research

Format
Journal Article
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Wu LT, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article

Clinical Workflows and the Associated Tasks and Behaviors To Support Delivery of Integrated Behavioral Health and Primary Care

Outlines examples of clinical workflows and tasks that can help practices integrate behavioral health into primary care

Format
Journal Article
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Policymakers and Payers
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Davis MM, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Article
File Size
141 KB

Comparing Satisfaction, Alliance and Intervention Components in Electronically Delivered and In-Person Brief Interventions for Substance Use Among Childbearing-Aged Women

Evaluates patient satisfaction, acceptability, and components of implementation of in-person SBIRT compared with electronic-SBIRT in health care settings
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Loree AM, et al.
Year
Resource Type
External Link

Data-Driven Decision Making & SBIRT Data Collection Guide [In: Improving Adolescent Health: Facilitating Change for Excellence in SBIRT]

Outlines in 2 sections how to develop and sustain an SBIRT Data Collection System and integrate it into an organization's electronic health record
Format
Toolkit
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Council for Behavioral Health
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
4.77 MB