Screening for Substance Use Disorders/Opioid Use Disorder

This module features more than 60 case-based questions on pain management, safer prescribing of opioid analgesics, and the recognition and treatment of opioid use disorder. To ensure the development of high-quality, unbiased content in this module, we partnered with experts at Boston University School of Medicine's Safer/Competent Opioid Prescribing Education (SCOPE of Pain) program.

Provides information about how to modify an organization's electronic health record system to support SBIRT implementation

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

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

Provides an overview of implementing SBIRT and integrating substance use treatment into primary care

Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) that recommends guidelines for primary care clinicians to follow when caring for patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders

Describes the SBIRT model, including validated, structured screening tools and components of implementing brief interventions with patients; also discusses approved treatments for substance use disorder and guidelines for referrals

Demonstrates nurse using a single question prescreen for at-risk alcohol use and/or substance use with a motivational interviewing approach during a patient vital signs check

Training for primary care providers that includes text and instructional videos addressing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to screen, evaluate, and refer patients with substance use disorders

A validation study suggesting that self-administered SISQs, though less accurate than interviewer-administered, are easier to implement and retain fidelity