Following are practical tools and strategies that health systems and providers, health plans, policymakers, and other interested organizations can use when seeking to create or improve addiction care approaches.
The National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance Center
This national technical assistance center offers free connections to harm reduction resources and experts for providers and community-based organizations seeking to implement harm reduction services.
Speaking the Same Language: A Toolkit for Strengthening Patient-Centered Addiction Care in the United States
Describes strategies for how state policymakers can strengthen the use of The American Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria to improve addiction care delivery and coverage in the United States.
Harm Reduction is Healthcare: Sustainable Funding for Harm Reduction Programs
This self-assessment tool can help harm reduction program leadership assess internal and external financing strategies to support and strengthen their programs.
Harm Reduction is Healthcare: Sustainable Funding for Harm Reduction Programs
This self-assessment tool can help harm reduction program leadership assess internal and external financing strategies to support and strengthen their programs.
The ASAM Criteria Assessment Interview Guide
This free, paper-based version of the nationally-recognized ASAM Criteria assessment is available to clinicians to increase the quality and consistency of patient assessments and treatment recommendations for adults with substance use disorder.
Telehealth for the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders
This guide offers resources to improve telehealth interventions for individuals at risk for, experiencing, or recovering from serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder in Jails and Prisons: A Planning and Implementation Toolkit
Describes how health care providers and their correctional agency partners can design medications for addiction treatment programs for people with opioid use disorder in jails and prisons.
Medications for Addiction Treatment: Providing Best Practice Care in a Primary Care Clinic
Effectively implementing medications for addiction treatment programs in primary care settings.
Peer Support Toolkit
Details the key considerations for providers considering integrating peer services for behavioral health into their health care organizations.