Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Tool to help practices understand where they are in terms of being patient centered and identify opportunities to improve and track progress when making changes

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy, comparative effectiveness, and harms of medications (both FDA approved and others) for adults with alcohol use disorders; evaluates evidence from primary care settings

Guides primary care practices in adapting alcohol SBI to their practice; involves steps required to plan, implement, and improve this process

Provides coordinated care organizations (CCOs);Oregon clinics;and administrative staff with guidance on implementing SBIRT, including coding and billing information

Presentation for healthcare providers about the basics of implementing SBIRT

Describes a model of primary care called the 10 building blocks of high-performing primary care, which describe existing high-performing practices and serve as a model for improvement

Systematic review of 24 review articles that concludes that literature supports brief intervention in primary care settings to address unhealthy alcohol use

Guide to selecting a treatment option

Describes development of a comprehensive checklist of determinants of practice, or factors that enable or prevent practice improvements; also includes worksheets to facilitate use of the checklist in quality improvement projects

Summarizes a randomized clinical trial of the HERA web-based program for facilitating SBIRT for alcohol and other drug use