Practice Organization Implementation

Provides tools, strategies, best practices, and resources, including guidance for reporting the Healthcare Effectiveness Datat and Information Set alcohol measure using Electronic Clinical Data Systems

The aim of this study was to train primary care providers and school nurses within a rural 10-county catchment area in Pennsylvania to use SBIRT and facilitate collaboration with community organizations to better coordinate substance use prevention efforts

Toolkit that provides guidance, tips, and examples to help support future efforts to engage practices in quality improvement initiatives

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

Offers interactive modules for practice facilitators with comprehensive and practical information about unhealthy alcohol use that can be applied to primary care practices

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

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

Systematic review to evaluate the measures of effectiveness, efficiency, and quality that result from the utilization of telemedicine in the management of alcohol abuse, addiction, and rehabilitation

Explores the role of policy in integrating mental health and substance use treatment in medical care, including suggestions for future strategies to improve integration

Discusses a patient-centered approach to primary care and behavioral health services integration as well as lessons learned from a project implemented within one healthcare system