Importance: While in short supply and high demand, ambulatory care clinicians spend more time on administrative tasks and documentation in the electronic health record than on direct patient care, which has been associated with burnout, intention to leave, and reduced quality of care.
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Importance In the US, many patients struggle to afford prescription drugs, leading to adverse health outcomes. To improve cost-related medication nonadherence, prescribers and clinical staff must understand how to assist patients in overcoming high prescription drug costs.
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Substance Use Resources
The AHRQ Academy has compiled and developed several resources for providers treating substance use disorders in primary care and ambulatory care practices.
The foundational belief of Zero Suicide is that suicide deaths for individuals under the care of health and behavioral health systems are preventable. For systems dedicated to improving patient safety, Zero Suicide presents an aspirational challenge and practical framework for system-wide...
A playbook and toolkit for integrating behavioral health into primary care. James W. Mold, MD, MPH
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are widely recognized as having an important impact on health and
mortality,1 and there is now strong evidence of the benefits of addressing people’s unmet social needs.
For example, ensuring access to healthy foods and providing
supportive...
Background: The treatment capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) lags far behind the number of patients in need of treatment. Capacity is limited, in part, by the limited number of physicians who offer office based OUD treatment with buprenorphine. Measurement based care (MBC)...
This Compendium has been developed by the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Collaborative, led by several of the nation’s leading physician organizations, as a tool for physicians and their practices to learn about and implement behavioral health integration (BHI) in order to achieve the goal...
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