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. 2024 Aug 14;5:26334895241267023. doi: 10.1177/26334895241267023

Table 1.

Description of Study Participation Requirements and Supports Provided to Implementation Sites.

Type of activity Study participation requirements Details/examples Supports provided by study team
Intervention deployment Identify a local implementation team to lead study activities
  • Identify clinical champions (≥1 medical,  ≥ 1 behavioral health)

  • Identify ≥1 administrative champions

  • Participate in 1–2 1-h meetings per month with external facilitator over 18-month preparation and implementation period to support clinical implementation of Collaborative Care

  • Participate in scheduled and self-directed trainings (10–30 h, depending on role)

  • Multiple clinic payments to support coverage of time spent in implementation meetings and trainings (e.g., $15,000 for completion of training)

  • Role-specific training resources for clinical activities (asynchronous online learning modules, live training sessions, access to mentors)

  • A dedicated practice coach to lead all meetings (scheduling, agenda planning, meeting documentation)

Intervention deployment Implement Collaborative Care for patients with co-occurring opioid use and mental health disorders
  • Complete necessary training to deliver medications for opioid use disorder (10–30 h, depending on role)

  • Expand workflows for Collaborative Care referral and practice to accommodate co-occurring disorders

  • Monitor and refine implementation processes via monthly meetings with external facilitator

  • Track specific patient care activities (e.g., screening, medication management, measurement-based care) in registry for all patients receiving Collaborative Care for co-occurring disorders

  • Role-specific training resources for Collaborative Care for co-occurring disorder

  • Role-specific “office hours” and mentorship opportunities (offered monthly)

  • Example workflows

  • Example scripts for staff when working with patients with co-occurring disorders

  • A study-specific clinical registry to document clinical care activities for Collaborative Care

Quality improvement
  • Implement routine screening for opioid use disorder

  • Develop workflows for population-based opioid use disorder screening implementation

  • Support local practice change and training of other frontline staff via formal and informal presentations to staff (≥1 presentation to all staff prior to launch of screening)

  • Monitor and refine screening implementation processes

  • Training resources for the screening tool

  • Example workflows

  • Example scripts for staff to use when using the screener in practice

  • Ongoing coaching support via monthly meetings with external facilitator and monthly role-specific office hours

Research Assess eligibility and recruit eligible study participants
  • Assess eligibility of potential study participants

  • Approach and consent eligible study participants

  • Document inclusion and exclusion criteria in study database

  • Access to Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) training for human subjects research

  • Dedicated research support staff to assist with initial training and ongoing technical assistance

  • A study-specific research database (REDCap)

  • A site-specific research dashboard to track enrollments and needed follow-up

  • Financial payment of $900 per patient enrolled, provided to clinics to support coverage of staff time for research activities

Research Support data collection and adverse event reporting for enrolled study participants
  • Document specific patient care activities in registry for all patients enrolled in study

  • Provide reminders to enrolled participants about survey due dates

  • Report hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and other adverse events to coordinating center

  • Dedicated research support staff to assist with initial training and ongoing technical assistance

  • A study-specific research database (REDCap) and clinical registry tool

  • A site-specific research dashboard to track enrollments and needed follow-up

  • Regular meetings with research staff