Program Design

Join us for a facilitated quality improvement program to address unhealthy alcohol use. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has funded our Colorado efforts to help primary care practices increase efforts to address patients’ unhealthy alcohol use.

• 6 facilitated sessions, ideally monthly
• 3 months of independent work, then a follow up assessment
• Practices will be randomized to practice facilitation or practice facilitation plus eLearning modules
• Group learning sessions will be available for multi-site organizations wanting to participate

What Will Practices Receive?

• Evidence-based interventions to help patients with unhealthy alcohol use
• Training for staff, medical providers and behavioral health professionals on Screening, Brief Intervention, Medication Assisted Treatment, and, when necessary Referral to Treatment (SBIRT plus MAT) for alcohol use
•  Support of a highly trained practice facilitator
•  Assistance with tracking your patients with an alcohol use disorder
•  Access to experts in medical and behavioral treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD)
•  Potential alignment with other projects
•  Peer to peer support for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) will be available for all clinicians
•  $1,000 for practice time spent in completing assessments, providing data, and any other research-related activities

What's Expected From Practices

• Leadership support for FAST practice improvement activities
• QI team to meet monthly with practice facilitator for 6 months
• Report data on patients screened, referred and treated for unhealthy alcohol use.
• Complete baseline and final assessments
• For select practices, one round of confidential in-depth interviews with 2-3 clinicians and staff

Ready to get started?

We are currently accepting enrollment.