Other Team Members

Presents a detailed overview of SBIRT, including tools, procedures, and effectiveness for improving health and reducing healthcare costs

Website designed to impact patient outcomes positively in the realm of substance use by providing effective training in SBIRT skills for healthcare providers

Describes the updates made in 2019 to the SBIRT Coding & Reimbursement Guide

A pilot, non-inferiority study designed to see if Remote Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment is just as successful at lowering drinking as SBIRT, while increasing the number of patients seen, decreasing costs, and maintaining efficacy of the intervention

Describes the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System Clinical Quality Measure for SBIRT

Evaluates a new AAPPQ that uses person-centered language and addresses the spectrum of alcohol use, concluding that the 30-item instrument is a promising tool for assessing providers' attitudes toward unhealthy alcohol use without promoting negative biases

Describes randomized controlled trial that uses practice facilitation for implementing screening, counseling, and treatment for unhealthy alcohol use, proposing that practice facilitation can make changes related to managing unhealthy alcohol use within a practice

Reviews literature on the role of practice facilitators in settings aiming to deliver integrated behavioral health and primary care,

Identifies four steps that will help to ensure that a broader transition to telehealth will be successful in improving the health outcomes of patients with substance use disorders

Provides information on risk factors for alcohol and psychoactive medication misuse among older adults, guidance, and resources for screening for unhealthy alcohol use among this population