The implementation of an integrated information system for substance use screening in general medical settings.

ABSTRACT:

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The Massachusetts Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (MASBIRT) Program, a substance use screening program in general medical settings, created a web-based, point-of-care (POC), application--the MASBIRT Portal (the "Portal") to meet program goals.

Objectives

We report on development and implementation of the Portal.

Methods

Five year program process outcomes recorded by an independent evaluator and an anonymous survey of Health Educator's (HEs) adoption, perceptions and Portal use with a modified version of the Technology Readiness Index are described. [8] Specific management team members, selected based on their roles in program leadership, development and implementation of the Portal and supervision of HEs, participated in semi-structu

SUBMITTER: Shanahan CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4287668 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature