Implementation of Substance Use Screening in Rural Federally-Qualified Health Center Clinics Identified High Rates of Unhealthy Alcohol and Cannabis Use among Adult Primary Care Patients

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Examines the feasibility of integrating electronic health record (EHR) tools into the screening of primary care patients for substance use. Discusses the process of screening 3,749 patients at 3 rural Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) via EHR-integrated methods and the potential impacts of this screening method on reducing rural primary care provider burden.

Jennifer McNeely, Bethany McLeman, Trip Gardner, et al.

Addiction Science & Clinical Practice, 18, 56

09/2023

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Federally Qualified Health Centers · Health information technology · Health screening · Primary care · Substance use and misuse