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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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Telehealth Has Played an Outsized Role Meeting Mental Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This issue brief analyzes telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic and discusses how telehealth has improved access to mental health and substance use services.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Policymakers and Payers
States
Source
Lo J., et al., Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Building Blocks of Behavioral Health Integration

This framework of care delivery expectations for integrating behavioral health (including unhealthy alcohol use and substance use) in primary care aligns expectations across payers, practices, and patients. The framework is intentionally flexible to account for variation in approach to integrating behavioral health.

Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Policymakers and Payers
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Gold SB, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
5.7 MB

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 and Payers
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Segal M, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1.25 MB

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
Web Page
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

The Need for Electronic Health Records to Support Delivery of Behavioral Health Preventive Services

Describes the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) initiative to improve primary care management of unhealthy alcohol use (UAU), and highlights needed changes in electronic health record systems to improve screening and counseling for UAU as well as meet the National Academies' digital health recommendation for information technology that best serves patients and care teams
Format
Journal Article
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Organizational Leadership
Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches
Source
Huffstetler AN, et al.
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
41 KB

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 and Payers
Source
Harvard Business Review; Pearl B, et al.
Year
Resource Type
Web Page

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
File Size
23.3 MB

U.S. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Treasury issue 2022 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act Report to Congress

Provides information on the implementation of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA), highlighting the DOL, HHS, and Treasury's emphasis on greater MHPAEA enforcement
Format
Report/Paper/Issue Brief
Audience
Policymakers and Payers
Organizational Leadership
Behavioral Health Providers
Communities
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and U.S. Department of Treasury
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1.4 MB

VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Substance Use Disorders

This Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) provides an evidence-based framework for evaluating, treating, and managing the individual needs of patients with substance use disorders (SUD), including alcohol use disorder, in the VA and DoD. It is intended for use by all VA and DoD healthcare providers.

Format
Guide
Audience
Behavioral Health Providers
Medical Providers
Other Team Members
Source
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) / Department of Defense (DoD)
Year
Resource Type
PDF
File Size
1.94 MB