SBI Codes Can Work in Community Hospitals (posted 9/1)

Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for alcohol and other drug problems can be effectively implemented in community hospitals if certain barriers are addressed and overcome, according to researchers at Rhode Island Hospital. The study was published in the August 2009 issue of the journal Substance Abuse .  The researchers' goal was to develop, implement and evaluate the adoption of a model of SBI, using feedback from the community hospital ED.  Most past research on SBI has been conducted in academic medical facilities, but more than half of all visits to emergency-rooms -- the primary nexus for SBI -- take place in community hospitals.  Researcher Michael Mello, M.D., and colleagues, using feedback from emergency-department staff, developed, implemented and evaluated a model SBI program for community hospitals.  Click here for more information.

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