Implementation of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment in Primary Care

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

Highlights the benefits and goals of SBIRT, including its cost-effectiveness, in a one-page summary

Presents types of virtual practice facilitation, techniques for implementing practice facilitation activities virtually, and examples of virtual practice facilitation sessions

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

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

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

Report concludes that offering SBIRT in emergency department settings produces overall cost savings

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