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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The Critical Role of Health Information Technology in the Safe Integration of Behavioral Health and Primary Care to Improve Patient Care

Explores the use of technology to facilitate behavioral health and primary care integration with a focus on (1) screening for behavioral health issues, (2) clinician documentation, and (3) sharing data among clinicians, patients, and authorized parties. Details action-oriented recommendations and strategies for safe use of health IT for stakeholders and policymakers seeking to advance efforts to integrate behavioral health with primary care
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Organizational Leadership
Policymakers
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Segal M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

The Healthcare Professional's Core Resources on Alcohol

Online resource that consists of 14 interconnected articles covering the basics of what every healthcare professional needs to know about alcohol. Articles address: foundational knowledge for understanding alcohol-related problems, clinical impacts of alcohol; and prevention and treatment strategies; free continuing medical education credits available
Format
Website
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Year
Resource Type
Website

The Telehealth Era is Just Beginning

Describes the process for adoption of telehealth for patient care inside Kaiser Permanente and Intermountain Healthcare, showing the benefits of telehealth in reducing expensive and unnecessary trips to hospitals, how it can make care safer and more efficient and address disparities in care, and discussing what is needed to help other health systems adopt this new technology
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Policymakers
Source
Harvard Business Review; Pearl B, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Website

Trauma-Informed, Recovery-Oriented System of Care Toolkit

Offers resources and information about implementing trauma-informed and recovery-oriented approaches to treat people with substance use disorders, including developing coordinated systems of care, with examples from a completed pilot project in Indiana

Format
Toolkit
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Organizational Leadership
Other Team Members
States
Source
National Council for Mental Wellbeing
Year
Resource Type
PDF

"I Felt I Was Reaching a Point With My Health": Understanding Reasons for Engagement and Acceptability of Treatment Services for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

A qualitative study that examines primary care patients' reasons for engagement with, experience with, and acceptability of a primary care practice-based program for treating unhealthy alcohol use
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
O'Grady MA, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

A Taxonomy for External Support for Practice Transformation

Development of a taxonomy of key domains that might comprehensively characterize any external support intervention that could be used by both external groups or researchers and healthcare leaders
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Organizational Leadership
Source
Solberg LI, et al.
Year
Resource Type
External Link

Addiction Treatment and Telehealth: Review of Efficacy and Provider Insights During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Literature review exploring the efficacy of telehealth for substance use disorder treatment (including alcohol use disorder) during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on treatment in California
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Mark TL, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF

Alcohol Use Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Instrumental Role of the Primary Care Provider

Presents the role of the primary care provider in screening, brief intervention, and treatment for alcohol use disorder, including information about the role and importance of using telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Link
https://umaryland.webex.com/recordingservice/sites/umaryland/recording/9ad445351967103abe790050568f9b64/playback
Format
Curriculum
Audience
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
University of Maryland (UMD); Salwan J
Year
Resource Type
Video