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Drug Safety Communications - FDA warns about dental problems with buprenorphine medicines dissolved in the mouth to treat opioid use disorder and pain

This is an FDA warning that dental problems have been reported with medicines containing buprenorphine that are dissolved in the mouth. Despite these risks, buprenorphine is an important treatment option for opioid use disorder (OUD) and pain, and the benefits of these medicines clearly outweigh the risks.

Whole-Person Health Care: Integrating Mental and Behavioral Health Into Primary Care

Discusses successful strategies and approaches for integrating behavioral health into primary care in order to improve patient outcomes

Using Telehealth to Expand Access to Essential Health Services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Describes the landscape of telehealth services and provides considerations for healthcare systems, practices, and providers using telehealth services on offering virtual care during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

The Telehealth Explainer Series: A Toolkit for State Legislators

This toolkit provides an overview of State telehealth roles, key legislative actions, and a series of briefs exploring opportunities and challenges related to telehealth policy.

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

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

Tele-Treatment for Substance Use Disorders

This is a best practice guide about using telehealth for the treatment of substance use disorders, including information about screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.

Successful Examples of Integrated Models

This web page provides many successful examples and case studies of integrated behavioral healthcare models from different States across the country, as well as international examples.

State-Based Commercial Insurers' COVID-19 Telehealth Policies

These are state-based policies and coding guidance for telehealth services and coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Screening for and Managing At-Risk Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) During COVID-19

Supplements the CEP's AUD Tool by supporting primary care physicians in screening and managing AUD during the COVID-19 pandemic

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