Practice Facilitators/Quality Improvement Coaches

SBIRT-Plus: Adding Population Health Innovations to Enhance Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Effectiveness

Describes the benefits of screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT)-Plus, which is focused on increasing the reach of SBIRT by aiming for systems-level changes and benefits on a broader population scale

Resources for Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT)

This web page provides updated resources, including guides and tools from SAMHSA, for practitioners related to screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT).

Promote Practice Change: Take Manageable Steps Toward Better Care

Outlines how practices can improve care for patients with unhealthy alcohol use, including four basic steps to build a system of care, and includes a chart demonstrating alcohol screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment as a top evidence-based clinical preventive service in terms of health impact and cost-effectiveness

Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration Program: Impacts on Health Care Utilization, Cost, and Quality

From 2010 to 2013, RAND conducted a program evaluation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) grants program, describing the structure, process, and outcomes for the first three cohorts of grantee programs (awarded in 2009 and 2010). The current study extends previous work by investigating the impact of PBHCI on consumers' healthcare use, total costs of care to Medicaid, and quality of care in three States

Practice Facilitation to Implement Alcohol-related Care in Veterans Health Administration Liver Clinics: A Study Protocol

Describes the methodology of a study that aims to test a 6-month practice facilitation for managing unhealthy alcohol use in Veterans Health Administration liver clinics

Practical Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorder in Routine Primary Care: Performance of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist

Examines the impact of implementation of an Alcohol Symptom Checklist in identifying primary care patients with alcohol use disorder, finding that checklists can be helpful with diagnosis and treatment

Pharmacotherapy for Adults With Alcohol-Use Disorders in Outpatient Settings: Systematic Review Update

An update to AHRQ's systematic review protocol on outpatient pharmacotherapy for adults with alcohol use disorder in April 2022

Pharmacotherapies for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

Systematically reviews 156 trials, finding the best evidence of effectiveness for acamprosate, disulfiram, baclofen, and oral naltrexone among patients with alcohol use disorder supporting the expanded use of these medications in the clinical setting

Office for the Advancement of Telehealth: Telehealth Programs

This web page provides telehealth resources and programs available through the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth in the HRSA, including grant programs and services available in rural areas.

Obtaining and Using Data in Practice Improvement: A Handbook for Health IT Advisors and Practice Facilitators

This guide provides in-depth information Health Information Technology (IT) Advisors need to effectively provide Health IT-related assistance for primary care practices to support their quality improvement and practice transformation efforts.

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