Making measurement-based care for addictions a reality in primary care

Katharine A Bradley; Ryan M Caldeiro; Kevin A Hallgren; Daniel R Kivlahan

doi:10.1111/add.14605

Making measurement-based care for addictions a reality in primary care

Addiction. 2019 Aug;114(8):1355-1356. doi: 10.1111/add.14605. Epub 2019 Apr 29.

Authors

Katharine A Bradley^{1

2

3}, Ryan M Caldeiro⁴, Kevin A Hallgren⁵, Daniel R Kivlahan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Departments of Medicine and Health Services, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
³ VA Puget Sound, Health Services Research and Development Center of Innovation for VeteranCentered and Value-Driven Care, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁴ Kaiser Permanente Washington, Behavioral Health Service, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA, USA.

Abstract

Three factors are important to consider when integrating measurement-based care for opioid use disorders into primary care: integration with other behavioral health and substance use disorders care, the availability of a brief, valid measure that is responsive to change, and implementation in a manner that fosters accurate reporting.

Keywords: Addiction; addiction medicine; measures; opioid addiction; primary care; substance dependence.

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MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid
Behavior, Addictive*
Humans
Opioid-Related Disorders*
Primary Health Care

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Abstract

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Substances

Grants and funding