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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2015 Jun 26;60:6–13. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.06.010

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Role of the nurse care manager (NCM) in the OBOT-B Collaborative Care Model.

* Treatment agreements and consents are often employed in the treatment of addiction to make explicit expectations of the patients and their involvement in the treatment process, which is consistent with the Clinical Guidelines in the Use of Buprenorphine Treatment Improvement Protocol 40 SAMHSA.

^ Lab tests done for the purposes of primary care of a patient with an opioid use disorder

** Drug screening is used to assess the patient’s ongoing treatment needs and allows the provider to have a conversation with the patient addressing the findings and assisting with appropriate treatment planning.