ENVIRONMENT |
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8 countries globally (U.S., UK, Australia, Canada, Austria, France, Ireland, Italy)
Highly variable setting
Primarily health centers affiliated with academic institutions
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ORGANIZATION |
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Existing Care Organization Models
Coordinated Care: minimum 2–3 professions working to coordinate care to deliver best practices (e.g. NCM, Pharmacist & Physician)
Multi-disciplinary Care: 2 disciplines working together (e.g. Psych & GIM)
Shared Care: specialty services (e.g. addiction psychiatry) lead the induction process & hands off to Internal Medicine/Primary Care to share longitudinal care
Chronic Care: utilizing healthcare resources to self-empower individual management of chronic disease
Physician Centric: single physician (or group of only physicians) working with available resources to manage OUD with BP/Methadone/NX
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Implement Coordinated Care models with non-physician team members (i.e. RNs) to help manage patient appointments and lab results
Evaluate effectiveness of multidisciplinary teams in providing comprehensive behavioral counseling and better outcomes
Determine appropriate skillset needed by non-physician team members to appropriately delegate tasks for high quality care
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PERSON/TASKS |
Person: all of the individuals, both healthcare workers and patients, involved in the design of the work system
Tasks: clinical processes and responsibilities of both the healthcare workers involved in the system as well as responsibilities for the patient (i.e. receiving medication, counseling attendance, etc.)
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Large variation in type of skilled professionals providing support (e.g. nurses, pharmacists, counselors)
Pharmacists roles and tasks (i.e. supervising dispensing, clinical appointments, management) dependent upon intervention
Behavioral health providers ranged in training (i.e. PhD psychologists, certified addiction counselors, social workers)
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Capitalize on various providers’ skillsets to deliver high quality care
Employ clinical pharmacists for complicated medication dosing and management
Increase clinical support (i.e. nursing) responsibility in management of patients
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PROCESS |
Process: the flow of actions or steps taken to provide patient care (e.g. order of delivery for intake, induction, maintenance, and follow up)
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Use of non-physician staff to conduct patient intakes decreased physician work load
Home inductions allowed patient autonomy and less frequent initial appointments
Limited studies evaluated behavioral counseling approaches compared to medical management
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Understand which patients can safely undergo home inductions
Streamline home induction process to decrease care utilization during induction time period
Utilize non-physician team members to conduct patient intakes
Develop technologies and systems providing after hour support for patient care, data collection, & feedback
Promote PCP management of stabilized patients on maintenance medications within specialty addiction treatment programs
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TECHNOLOGY & TOOLS |
Technology and Tools: components of the system including various information technologies like electronic health records, human factors characteristics of technologies (i.e. usability), and other technologies incorporated
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Only 10 studies explicitly noted using patient treatment agreement
Most studies used some form of a urine drug screen to monitor adherence
Only 3 studies used panel management structure to keep track of patient level data
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PATIENT/ PROVIDER OUTCOMES |
Patient Outcomes: participant perceptions of the care delivery model, retention rates in the intervention, and health outcomes for the participant
Provider Outcomes: provider perceptions of the care delivery model and system
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The most commonly measured patient outcomes were retention in intervention, self-reported abstinence, and abstinence via/urine toxicology screens
Less than half of the studies collected outcomes regarding other common primary care based comorbidities
Provider outcomes were only discussed in 10 included trials
Provider outcomes did highlight the benefits of coordinated care models
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Gather patient-centered outcomes including management of physical and mental comorbidities
Collect outcomes related to social determinants, social support, and improvement in work/personal level functioning
Collect provider outcomes regarding appropriate levels of training to provide care
Develop and evaluate provider support systems to provide ongoing education and prevent provider burnout
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