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Best Practices for EMR Configuration: Meeting New Quality Requirements

This guide details best practices for using electronic medical record (EMR) systems to document and capture data in California primary care settings that meet quality reporting requirements, including information about screening for substance use disorders.

Behavioral Health Integration Compendium

This compendium provides tools and resources for clinicians, staff, and organizations working to implement behavioral health integration in practices to deliver person-centered care.

Barriers to Recruiting Primary Care Practices for Implementation Research During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Practice Coaches from the Stop Unhealthy (STUN) Alcohol Use Now Trial

Presents barriers and facilitators to conducting implementation research, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, within the context of recruiting practices for North Carolina's STop UNhealthy (STUN) Alcohol Use Now trial

Associations Between Medical Conditions and Alcohol Consumption Levels in an Adult Primary Care Population

Suggests that primary care patients with several specific medical conditions, such as hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, may be more likely to report higher levels of alcohol use

Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Screening, Brief Intervention & Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): Using the Brief Negotiation Interview (BNI) Across Diverse Populations

These are conference proceedings from the Technology, Mind, and Society 2021 symposium, which addressed various technology-enabled SBIRT to treatment approaches, focusing specifically on efforts at incorporating artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learning, natural language processing) in this work.

Applying Lessons from Behavioral Health Integration to Social Care Integration in Primary Care

Recommendations for successful primary care and behavioral health integration for improving delivery of care including use of screening tools and team-based care

Alcohol Use Disorder: The Role of Medication in Recovery

Reviews the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved and off-label medications for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD), concluding that medication should be used in conjunction with behavioral therapy and that there is a need for continued development of pharmacotherapies for AUD

Alcohol Use Disorder in the Age of Technology: A Review of Wearable Biosensors in Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

Reviews the literature on wearable devices that help track alcohol consumption

Alcohol Screening During US Primary Care Visits, 2014-2016

Explored U.S. primary care providers' use of screening tools and delivery of counseling for unhealthy alcohol use (UAU), finding that screening for UAU using a validated tool is not commonly performed during primary care visits; interventions may be needed to increase implementation

Advancing Integration of General Health in Behavioral Health Settings: A Continuum-Based Framework

This document presents a framework with specific steps to help behavioral health clinics implement primary care services that aim to improve overall patient health and well-being.

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