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Offers best practices and tools for primary care organizations to incorporate substance use disorder into their treatment services
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A document or tool that provides guiding information. The Academy used this to denote more formal guidance, such as clinical practice guidelines developed by professional organizations or regulatory information promulgated by Federal agencies. Sources of these documents are in a position to speak with authority.
Alcohol Screening Using the USAUDIT (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, Adapted for Use in the United States): Implementation Guide
Provides information about the development and potential uses of the USAUDIT alcohol screening clinical decision support that can be integrated into electronic health record systems and other health information technology to help providers identify adults who should be screened for alcohol use
Alcohol Screening & Brief Intervention Inhibit Risky Alcohol Use
Encourages medical assistants to take an active role and serve as champions for screening, brief intervention for alcohol use in primary care settings
Use of Medication-Assisted Treatment in Emergency Departments
This guide focuses on evidence based interventions for the initiation of MAT in EDs, specifically buprenorphine. It provides guidance on developing programs to provide these clinical services, overcoming challenges, and successful implementation strategies.
Treatment for Youth and Young Adults with Mood Disorders and other Serious Emotional Disturbances and Co-occurring Substance Use
This guide presents three evidence based practices that engage and improve outcomes for youth and young adults with co-occurring SED/SMI and substance misuse or SUD. These approaches will assist clinicians, behavioral health organizations, primary care providers, schools, insurers, transformation experts, and policy makers to understand, select, and implement evidence-based interventions that support youth and young adult mental health. These include psychosocial interventions, family behavioral therapy, medication, proactive outreach, and use of web-based and other technologies.
COVID GUIDANCE: Screening for Suicide Risk during Telehealth Visits
This serves as an addendum to the Action Alliance's 2018 Recommended Standard Care for People with Suicide Risk: Making Health Care Suicide Safe, which report suggested suicide screening, with indicated care as needed, for all individuals receiving care for behavioral health conditions as a core responsibility for health care organizations.
ACPA – Stanford Resource Guide To Chronic Pain Management: An Integrated Guide to Comprehensive Pain Therapies
The ACPA Resource Guide to Chronic Pain Management combines practical clinical experience and the most recent scientific information presented in an easy-to-read format for consumers and professionals.
AMA Telehealth Implementation Playbook
Outlines steps and best practices when implementing telehealth strategies to promote adoption of new technology by healthcare organizations
Best Practices for Designing and Implementing Substance Use Disorder (SUD)-Focused Health Homes
This document provides a description of some best practices for designing and implementing a Substance Use Disorder (SUD)-focused health home state plan amendment based on the experiences of states with approved SUD-focused health home programs as required per section 1006(a)(2) of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment (SUPPORT) for Patients and Communities Act (P.L. 115-271).
Treatment for Suicidal Ideation, Self-harm, and Suicide Attempts Among Youth
The goal of this guide is to provide interventions to treat for suicidal ideation, self-harm, and suicide attempts among youth. It provides research on implementation and examples of the ways that these recommendations can be implemented.