Addiction Medicine

 Norm Wettrau, MD has compiled a list of materials and programs to help physicians and other healthcare providers intergate addiction mediciane into their medical home.

Other helpful information on this topic is listed below:

Screening for Tobacco, Alcohol and Other Drug Use: NIDA

Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC) developed a one-page (two sided) guideline on universal substance screening for primary care settings – based on USPSTF and other best evidence for routine screening for unhealthy substance use. Supplemental materials including a sample brief intervention and recommended tools for further assessment of those who screen positive on the brief screen are available on the CCGC website. The materials are condensed into a short guideline for busy primary care.

• “Screening, brief interventions, referral to treatment (SBIRT) for illicit drug and alcohol use at multiple healthcare sites: comparison at intake and 6 months later”; Madras BK, Compton WM, Avula D, et al., Drug Alcohol Depend. 2009;99(1–3):280–295.

 American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has a new policy supporting the PCMH.