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.
Recent Resources
Substance Use Resources
Zero Suicide
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...
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Playbook
A playbook and toolkit for integrating behavioral health into primary care. James W. Mold, MD, MPH
IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING SOCIAL NEEDS IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS
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...
Creation of an algorithm for clinical decision support for treatment of opioid use disorder with buprenorphine in primary care
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)...
Behavioral Health Integration Compendium
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...
Outpatient and Ambulatory Care Settings: Responding to Community Transmission of COVID-19 in the United States
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