The SUpporting Primary care Providers in Opioid Risk reduction and Treatment (SUPPORT) center to increase identification and treatment of opioid use disorder in VA primary care: An operationally-partnered internal facilitation implementation effort

Emily C. Williams, PhD, MPH
Department of Health Services
University of Washington

Eric J. Hawkins, PhD
Addiction Medicine
VA Puget Sound Health Care System

ABSTRACT:
Opioid use disorders (OUD) are increasingly common and dangerous. Though medication treatment of OUD is effective, recommended, and can be offered in primary care settings where patients with OUD are frequently seen, it is substantially underused with multiple barriers to its provision. The SUpporting Primary care Providers in Opioid Risk reduction and Treatment (SUPPORT) Center is a partnership between researchers and clinical leaders to assist VA primary care clinics in identifying and treating OUD. We will describe our operationally-partnered implementation efforts using internal facilitation and use of rapid mixed-methods formative evaluation to refine our implementation strategies, and we will present up-to-date evaluation results.