Email UpdatesVirtual Integrated Primary Care Teams: Recommendations for Team-Based Care
Provides recommendations to support integrated primary care teams, including behavioral health providers, in adapting to and sustaining virtual team-based care
Using a Health Information Technology Survey to Explore the Availability of Addiction Treatment Data in the Electronic Health Records: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study
Discusses a health information technology survey conducted to analyze information as it related to research based on electronic health records (EHR) for substance use disorders, finding heterogeneity within existing EHRs and common use of paper records
Trends in the Use of Naltrexone for Addiction Treatment Among Alcohol Use Disorder Admissions in U.S. Substance Use Treatment Facilities
Study looking at the use of naltrexone for alcohol use disorder in substance use treatment facilities, showing that naltrexone is more commonly prescribed compared with acamprosate and disulfiram but that it remains underused
Treatment Interventions to Maintain Abstinence from Alcohol in Primary Care: Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis
Reviews 64 trials of alcohol use treatment in primary care, finding that acamprosate is the only intervention with moderate confidence associated with increased abstinence
Treatment Interventions for Women With Alcohol Use Disorder
Identifies barriers to women receiving treatment for alcohol use disorder (AUD), including many health and social needs and discusses ways in which treatment interventions could better target the unique needs of women with AUD
Transitioning Patients from Outpatient Mental Health Services to Primary Care: A Rapid Literature Review
A literature review describing common practices for transitioning patients from specialty mental health care to primary care, including substance use
Time to ACT: Launching an Addiction Care Team (ACT) in an Urban Safety-Net Health System
Presents an approach to developing and implementing an interprofessional ACT in a health system, with key factors to consider and lessons learned, such as aligning improvement areas with health system leadership priorities and involving leadership in goal creation
The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Adult Alcohol Registry, an Electronic Health Records-Based Registry of Patients With Alcohol Problems: Development and Implementation
Describes the process of implementing an electronic health records-based registry of adult patients with unhealthy alcohol use in a health system in California
The Effectiveness of Teleconsultations in Primary Care: Systematic Review
Systematic review of the literature looking at the efficacy of using remote technology to deliver primary care and exploring the impact of using technology versus receiving in-person care
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