Training and Education About Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment

Website designed to impact patient outcomes positively in the realm of substance use by providing effective training in SBIRT skills for healthcare providers

A pilot, non-inferiority study designed to see if Remote Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment is just as successful at lowering drinking as SBIRT, while increasing the number of patients seen, decreasing costs, and maintaining efficacy of the intervention

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

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

Provides information on risk factors for alcohol and psychoactive medication misuse among older adults, guidance, and resources for screening for unhealthy alcohol use among this population

Describes alcohol use among older adults as a health issue, guidelines for alcohol use, the association of alcohol use with depression and anxiety, and SBIRT as a strategy for addressing unhealthy alcohol use among older adults

Provides general information about telehealth, changes to policies during COVID-19, planning telehealth workflows, preparing patients for telehealth visits, billing and reimbursement, legal considerations, privacy and security, telehealth vendors and platforms, and best practices

Provides general information about telehealth, how to talk with a doctor about telehealth options; finding telehealth options through insurance, federally qualified health centers, and other sources; COVID-19 self-assessment tools; a digital telehealth directory and emergency hotlines

Study of health care utilization after implementation of SBIRT in primary care, which finds that the costs of implementing SBIRT would be offset by reduction in health care utilization

Describes findings from an evaluation of a pilot implementation of a program to address unhealthy alcohol use in primary care, demonstrating the importance of active practice facilitation