Commentary on Blow<i>et al.</i>(2017): Leveraging technology may boost the effectiveness and adoption of interventions for drug use in emergency departments

McCormack, Ryan

doi:10.1111/add.13872

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“…Given the frequent overlap of homelessness and substance use among ED patients, surprisingly little attention has been paid to housing status in prior ED-based SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) and other substance use interventions. Overall, ED-based SBIRT programs have shown modest success for alcohol and mixed results for drug use (McCormack, 2017). No prior research has examined how housing status may affect the success of SBIRT or other ED-based substance use interventions.…”

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Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients

Doran

Rahai

McCormack

et al. 2018

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients

Doran

Rahai

McCormack

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…D' Onofrio et al (2015) found that brief intervention in the ED for patients with opioid use disorder did not improve rates of treatment attendance at 30 days compared to referral alone. Even if in-person motivational interventions were found to be effective, time, personnel and training barriers preclude implementation in most EDs (McCormack, 2017).…”

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Implementations of a text-message intervention to increase linkage from the emergency department to outpatient treatment for substance use disorders

Kmiec

Suffoletto

2019

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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Aim-To determine acceptability and explore potential usefulness of a text messaging (SMS) program aimed at increasing attendance at outpatient treatment for substance use disorders (SUD) after emergency department (ED) referral.Method-A retrospective analysis of 377 adult patients from 2 urban EDs seeking treatment for SUD (opioids (n=168), alcohol (n=188), benzodiazepines (n=21)) referred to outpatient treatment and offered an SMS program which included daily (1) motivational messages focused on positive thinking, (2) ecological momentary assessments (EMA) related to craving with tailored behavioral strategy messages, (3) EMA of drug use with tailored feedback to reduce abstinence violation effects, and (4) reminders about treatment location and phone number. We assessed acceptability by examining opt-in rates, EMA completion rates over the first week and end-of-program qualitative feedback. We assessed how individuals who opt in differ in outcomes from those who opt out by examining rates of outpatient SUD treatment attendance recorded from the medical record.Results-167 patients (44%) opted in to the SMS program. Over 7 days, around 33% of EMA were completed. Median helpfulness score was 8 (IQR 6 to 10) out of 10 and 84% would recommend the SMS program to someone else. Individuals who opted in to the SMS program had higher rates of SUD treatment initiation than individuals who did not opt-in (70.7% vs. 40.9%) Conclusions-We found evidence supporting acceptability and potential usefulness of an automated text message program to assist treatment attendance for some individuals with SUDs discharged from the ED. A controlled trial is needed to examine whether SMS program exposure is associated with improved treatment attendance compared to standard care.

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“…• It reduces cost through decreasing expensive clinician time (McCormack, 2017), expands revenue by increasing the number of clients receiving services, and maximizes billing by accurately documenting SBIRT in the electronic health record.…”

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Using technology for training in and the delivery of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.

Pantalon¹,

Gotham²

2020

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment for Substance Use: A Practitioner's Guide.

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O riginally, the joke "There's an app for that" was meant to convey lighthearted awe at the fast-growing popularity of mobile applications (apps) designed to help users access driving directions, chat with friends, or check social media sites. In 2010, at the height of this joke's popularity, the Apple iPhone boasted 250,000 apps (Gross, 2010). In 2018, Google Play (the app store for Android smartphones) and Apple combined had roughly 5 million apps (Clement, 2019). Now, there literally is an app for almost everything.Psychologists from a variety of specialties are using technology to advance the mission of the American Psychological Association (APA), namely, the "advancement, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives" (APA, n.d., p. 5). We have myriad opportunities to integrate technology into our work, particularly for training and service delivery, and indeed, we recommend that all psychologists embrace technology for its potential to advance scientific findings and promote health more widely. In this chapter, we discuss how tech-enabled screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) can be delivered to clients and how clinicians can use technology platforms to receive training in SBIRT.

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Commentary on Blowet al.(2017): Leveraging technology may boost the effectiveness and adoption of interventions for drug use in emergency departments

Cited by 5 publications

References 21 publications

Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients

Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients

Implementations of a text-message intervention to increase linkage from the emergency department to outpatient treatment for substance use disorders

Using technology for training in and the delivery of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment.

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