Leveraging Technology to Address Unhealthy Drug Use in Primary Care Settings

This study has 3 specific aims:

Aim 1 is to develop clinical decision support that assists primary care providers in carrying
out a brief intervention.

Aim 2 is to assess the impact of the SUSIT on dose of substance use brief intervention
received by patients.

Aim 3 is to gather preliminary evidence on the efficacy of the SUSIT approach for reducing
moderate-risk drug use.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Substance use screening results (collected using the tablet-based screening tool)
indicating current moderate risk drug use, based on a substance specific involvement
score (SSIS) indicating current (past 3 months) use of at least one drug with a
moderate risk level (SSIS 4-26), in the absence of any high-risk drug or alcohol use
(SSIS 27+);

- Presenting for visit with a participating PCP

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior participation in the study (i.e. participation in the SO study phase would
preclude participation in the SUSIT phase);

- Attending a formal addiction treatment program (not including informal treatment such
as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous), in the past 3 months;

- Pregnant (based on self-report).