Unhealthy Alcohol Use Tools & Resources

Highlights key findings about implementing evidence-based telehealth services, including legal and regulatory codes and professional ethical requirements

Systematic review that recommends electronic screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) to reduce self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems

Includes resources on telehealth basics, research, practice guidelines, and telehealth specific to COVID-19

Provides an overview of patient registry requirements and options, and how to use them in conjunction with a primary care practice's electronic health record system

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

Summarizes SAMHSA guidance on treating substance use disorders during COVID-19, including using outpatient treatment services and telehealth as much as possible

Provides guidance to practices that participate in its ACOs on implementing telehealth during COVID-19, including an overview of telehealth, requirements, technology platforms, and coding and billing for services

Outlines in 2 sections how to develop and sustain an SBIRT Data Collection System and integrate it into an organization's electronic health record

Study that focuses on design, implementation, and evaluation of clinical decision support (CDS) tools using an EHR system to address depression, alcohol use, and prescription misuse; results highlight that CDS tools allow primary care providers focus more on patient treatment plans and promote use of other clinical staff

Describes findings from evaluation of a pilot project for screening and counseling for UAU that used Epic electronic health record tools in a general internal medicine clinic, as part of AHRQ's series on Health Systems Partnership Pilot Project Reports