Email UpdatesDiagnosis, Intractability Risk, Efficacy (DIRE) tool
Assesses the risk of opioid abuse and suitability of candidates for long-term opioid therapy in primary care.
MAT Tools and Resources
The MAT Tools & Resources Collection is a searchable database of tools and resources available to help those who offer or use MAT services. The tools can be filtered by a number of factors, including use, topic, format, audience, and terms of use. Related to the MAT for OUD Environmental scan publications.
PEG Pain Screening Tool
Assesses the intensity of pain and the level of interference in normal daily life using a three-item scale.
Sample Intake Questionnaire
Presents a sample intake questionnaire for patient treatment-planning questions.
Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Rates 11 common opiate withdrawal signs or symptoms with a clinician-administered pen-and-paper instrument. Uses the summed score of the 11 items to assess patients’ level of withdrawal and make inferences about their level of physical dependence on opioids.
Clinical Institute Narcotic Assessment (CINA) Scale for Withdrawal Symptoms
Measures 11 signs and symptoms commonly seen in patients during narcotic withdrawal. This scale can help gauge the severity of the symptoms and monitor changes in clinical status over time.
Subjective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (SOWS)
Assess patient withdrawal symptoms.
Adjective Rating Scale for Withdrawal
Assesses the presence of withdrawal symptoms from opioids using a 9-point scale to describe how the patient has been feeling in the past 24 hours.
Objective Opiate Withdrawal Scale (OOWS)
Contains 13 physically observable signs, rated present or absent, based on a rater’s timed observation of the patient.
reSET-O
Supplements outpatient OUD treatment programs and serves as a training, monitoring, and reminder tool for healthcare providers and patients in maintaining an outpatient treatment program.
Opi Rescue (app available from Google Play)
OpiRescue is a free overdose support tool provided by OpiSafe, a safe opioid prescribing platform for care providers. Offers step-by-step instructions for administrating multiple forms of Narcan or naloxone.