Email UpdatesTreatment of Alcohol Use Disorder
Includes an infographic guide on the benefits of three medications for alcohol use disorder and provides a brief summary of treatment planning and medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration
Other Team Members
ex. Nurses, case managers, medical assistants, office managers
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 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 Place of Pharmacotherapy in Alcohol Use Disorder Management in Family Practice - A Systematic Review
Reviews the use of disulfiram, acamprosate, and naltrexone for alcohol use disorder (AUD) in primary care, and concludes that the knowledge and prescription of pharmacotherapy for AUD is insufficient
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 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