Email UpdatesManaging Patients With Risky Alcohol Use Workflow
Available to existing Epic outpatient software users; uses the AUDIT-C and assesses other risk factors (e.g., social determinants of health), allowing users to customize if needed
Unhealthy Alcohol Use
those resources providing information about unhealthy drinking, including risky or hazardous drinking, harmful drinking, alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, alcoholism, alcohol addiction, and alcohol use disorder.
The Effectiveness of Electronic Screening and Brief Intervention for Reducing Levels of Alcohol Consumption: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Suggests that e-SBI is an effective intervention in reducing weekly alcohol consumption
Development of a Primary Care Guide for Implementing Evidence-Based Screening and Counseling for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With Epic-Based Electronic Health Record Tools: A Pilot Dissemination Project
Describes findings from evaluation of a pilot project for screening and counseling for UAU that used Epic electronic health record tools in a general internal medicine clinic, as part of AHRQ's series on Health Systems Partnership Pilot Project Reports
Data-Driven Decision Making & SBIRT Data Collection Guide [In: Improving Adolescent Health: Facilitating Change for Excellence in SBIRT]
Outlines in 2 sections how to develop and sustain an SBIRT Data Collection System and integrate it into an organization's electronic health record
Clinical Workflow and Substance Use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Data in the Electronic Health Records: A National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network Study
Explores the availability of substance use disorder treatment data in the electronic health record to inform research
Alcohol - Excessive Consumption: Electronic Screening and Brief Interventions (e-SBI)
Systematic review that recommends electronic screening and brief intervention (e-SBI) to reduce self-reported excessive alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems
Together Achieving More: Primary Care Team Communication and Alcohol-Related Health Care Utilization and Costs
Article that explores the relationship between the structure of primary care teams, communication between patients with excessive-alcohol use, and healthcare use
Medication for the Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder: Pocket Guide
Briefly summarizes clinical practice guidelines on medications for treatment of alcohol use disorders; includes a checklist for prescribing medication, lists approved medications for use in treatment of alcohol use disorder, and describes standard drink a
Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care To Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Literature review on the effectiveness and harms of screening and counseling for UAU, specifically focusing on test accuracy studies and randomized clinical trials, to inform the USPSTF
Effectiveness of Brief Interventions in Primary Health Care Settings To Decrease Alcohol Consumption by Adult Non-Dependent Drinkers: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
Review of systematic reviews that evaluated the effectiveness of brief interventions in primary healthcare settings to decrease alcohol consumption in non-alcoholic adult drinkers; found that brief interventions have a moderate effect on reducing alcohol consumption people who consume excessive amounts of alcohol