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TriHealth Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Treatment Program: Standardized Intake Process Physician Referral

Jackson, Cody Ann, Dr.
http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8805-6135
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn1683063813967691

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2023, Doctor of Nursing Practice, Mount St. Joseph University, Department of Nursing.
Historically, a visit to the medical director was not consistently provided to each new patient at the TriHealth Outpatient Alcohol Drug Treatment Program (TOADTP). This resulted in patients being dispossessed of access to care such as evaluation and comprehensive treatment of co-occurring mental health diagnoses, the initiation of pharmacotherapy, and initiation of medication-assisted treatment for persons living with substance use disorders. This project centered on development and implementation of a standardized intake process for TOADTP patients with the goal of increasing referrals to the medical director to expand access to these lifesaving interventions. Over an eight-week period, pre-intervention data were collected. During this pre-intervention period, only one of the 12 new patients was referred to the medical director. Development, education, and mobilization of the new standardized intake process included: analyzing the old intake process for variances, educating the direct care team about the benefits of practicing from an evidence-based platform, developing a new intake process that included a hard stop in the electronic health record, and educating the TOADTP team about it. The process then was mobilized. Post-intervention outcome measures were collected over an 8-week period. These measures revealed that 17 out the 24 new patients were referred to the medical director. In sum, the implementation of a standardized referral process to the medical director increased referrals from 8.4% to 70.8%, thus expanding access to life-saving evidence-based care for people living with substance use disorders.
Rachel Baker, Dr. (Advisor)
57 p.
Mental Health; Nursing
Standardized process, evidence-based care, patient-centered care, co-morbid mental health diagnosis, substance use disorder, SUD, pharmacotherapy, medication assisted treatment, MAT, integrated treatment, opioid use disorder, OUD

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  • Jackson, C. A. (2023). TriHealth Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Treatment Program: Standardized Intake Process Physician Referral [Doctoral dissertation, Mount St. Joseph University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn1683063813967691

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jackson, Cody. TriHealth Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Treatment Program: Standardized Intake Process Physician Referral . 2023. Mount St. Joseph University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn1683063813967691.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jackson, Cody. "TriHealth Outpatient Alcohol & Drug Treatment Program: Standardized Intake Process Physician Referral ." Doctoral dissertation, Mount St. Joseph University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=msjdn1683063813967691

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