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Adoption of practice guidelines and assessment tools in substance abuse treatmentTraci Rieckmann
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mailcode CB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 5:4. 2010..The gap between research and practice limits utilization of relevant, progressive and empirically validated strategies in substance abuse treatment...- Disseminating quality improvement: study protocol for a large cluster-randomized trialAndrew R Quanbeck
Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Implement Sci 6:44. 2011..S. It is, to our knowledge, the largest study of organizational change ever conducted in healthcare. The trial seeks to determine the most cost-effective method of disseminating quality improvement in addiction treatment... 
Public sector managed care for substance abuse treatment: opportunities for health services researchD McCarty
Brandeis University, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 28:143-54. 2001..The article describes initiatives and outlines evaluation activities. It discusses the opportunities and challenges of assessing public managed care plans...- Stakeholders in recovery: demands, expectations, and research opportunitiesDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Sci Pract Perspect 3:34-7. 2005..The article concludes by identifying research areas that could facilitate these relationships, enhancing their benefits for patients... - Training rural practitioners to use buprenorphine; using The Change Book to facilitate technology transferDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland OR 97230 3079, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 26:203-8. 2004..The Change Book facilitated development of county change teams and structured the planning efforts. The initiative also demonstrated the potential to concurrently train physicians, pharmacists, and counselors on the use of buprenorphine... - Improving care for the treatment of alcohol and drug disordersDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S W Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 36:52-60. 2009..NIATx and its extensions illustrate how the behavioral health field can respond to the demand for higher quality treatment services... - Treatment programs in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials NetworkDennis McCarty
Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 92:200-7. 2008..Conversely, programs with accreditation had less social model influence. The CTN is an ambitious effort to engage community-based treatment organizations into research and more fully integrate research and practice... - Direct care workers in the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network: characteristics, opinions, and beliefsDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:181-90. 2007..Individuals with direct care responsibilities in 348 drug abuse treatment units were surveyed to obtain a description of the workforce and to assess support for evidence-based therapies... - Performance measurement for systems treating alcohol and drug use disordersDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:353-4. 2007 
Priorities for policy research on treatments for alcohol and drug use disordersDennis McCarty
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 39:87-95. 2010....- Understanding the importance of organizational and system variables on addiction treatment services within criminal justice settingsDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, 97329, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 103:S91-3. 2009..CJ-DATS is evolving to support research at the organizational and systems level that facilitates the implementation and sustainability of research-supported treatments and business practices in criminal justice settings... - Between despair and hope: health services research on treatment of alcohol abuseD McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University, CB669, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97201, USA
Addiction 95:S439-47. 2000.... - Methadone maintenance and the cost and utilization of health care among individuals dependent on opioids in a commercial health planDennis McCarty
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 111:235-40. 2010..Few health plans provide maintenance medication for opioid dependence. This study assessed the cost of treating opioid-dependent members in a commercial health plan and the impacts of methadone maintenance on costs of care... - State substance abuse and mental health managed care evaluation programDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 30:7-17. 2003..Future evaluations might conduct patient interviews to examine the effectiveness and quality of services for mental health and substance abuse problems more closely... - The Iowa Managed Substance Abuse Care Plan: access, utilization, and expenditures for Medicaid recipientsDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97201, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 30:18-25. 2003..Direct care costs decreased, while total expenditures held steady. The Iowa experience suggests that a well-planned initiative can control costs and improve access and utilization... - The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment (NIATx): enhancing access and retentionDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, CB669, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:138-45. 2007..Small incremental changes in treatment processes can lead to significant reductions in days to treatment and consistent gains in retention... - The costs of crime and the benefits of substance abuse treatment for pregnant womenM Daley
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University, P O Box 9110, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 19:445-58. 2000..The study provides economic justification for the continuation and possible expansion of residential substance abuse treatment programs for criminally involved pregnant women... - Replication and sustainability of improved access and retention within the Network for the Improvement of Addiction TreatmentKim A Hoffman
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health and Science University, CB669, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 98:63-9. 2008..The ability to sustain the gains after project awards were exhausted suggests that participating programs institutionalized the organizational changes that led to the enhanced performance... - Methadone maintenance and state Medicaid managed care programsD McCarty
Brandeis University, USA
Milbank Q 77:341-62, 274. 1999.... - Medicaid coverage, methadone maintenance, and felony arrests: outcomes of opiate treatment in two statesDennis Deck
RMC Research Corporation, Portland, OR 97201, USA
J Addict Dis 28:89-102. 2009..Despite differences in the treatment systems for opiate addiction in these two states observed in previous studies, the current findings generalized across both states... - Detoxification centers: who's in the revolving door?D McCarty
Heller Graduate School MS 035, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254 9110, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 27:245-56. 2000..Policy initiatives (e.g., increased services for women) and the changing epidemiology of drugs abuse (e.g., increased access to heroin) contributed to the changing population served in detoxification centers... - Addiction treatment agencies' use of data: a qualitative assessmentJennifer P Wisdom
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 33:394-407. 2006.... - Using a standardized patient walk-through to improve implementation of clinical trialsHolly E Fussell
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 35:470-5. 2008..Research coordinators and the staff found the use of an SP to be highly effective. The node is now making routine use of SPs in the implementation of CTN protocols... - Implementation of MET/CBT 5 for adolescentsKatherine J Riley
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, CB669, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 35:304-14. 2008..Implications for fidelity of future implementation projects are addressed... - Attitudes toward the integration of smoking cessation treatment into drug abuse clinicsBret E Fuller
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 32:53-60. 2007.... - Management practices in substance abuse treatment programsK John McConnell
Department of Emergency Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:79-89. 2009..Better management practices were more prevalent among programs with a higher number of competitors in their catchment area... - Organizational Readiness for Change and opinions toward treatment innovationsBret E Fuller
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:183-92. 2007..The analysis provides evidence of the ORC's utility in assessing agency strengths and needs during the implementation of evidence-based practices... - Substance use and the quality of patient-provider communication in HIV clinicsP Todd Korthuis
Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
AIDS Behav 15:832-41. 2011..Interventions should be developed that encourage providers to actively engage patients with unhealthy alcohol use... - Client and counselor attitudes toward the use of medications for treatment of opioid dependenceTraci Rieckmann
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 32:207-15. 2007.... - Adoption of naltrexone to treat alcohol dependenceBret E Fuller
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 28:273-80. 2005..In subsequent years, counselor education level and organization size also influenced use of naltrexone... - Improving adherence to HIV quality of care indicators in persons with opioid dependence: the role of buprenorphineP Todd Korthuis
Department of Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239 3098, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:S83-90. 2011..Buprenorphine/naloxone maintenance therapy (bup/nx) could affect the quality of HIV care for opioid-dependent patients... - The impact of substance abuse treatment modality on birth weight and health care expendituresM Daley
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Heller Graduate School, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454 9110, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 33:57-66. 2001.... - Research to practice: adoption of naltrexone in alcoholism treatmentCindy Parks Thomas
Schneider Institute for Health Policy, Brandeis University, Heller Graduate School MS035, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454 9110, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 24:1-11. 2003.... - Predicting outpatient treatment entry following detoxification for injection drug use: the impact of patient and program factorsBarbara K Campbell
Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 38:S87-96. 2010..Results suggest the importance of detoxification program characteristics in facilitating further treatment and the need for systems modifications to improve continuity of care... - Facilitating outpatient treatment entry following detoxification for injection drug use: a multisite test of three interventionsBarbara K Campbell
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97209, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:260-70. 2009..Alliance building interventions appear to be effective in facilitating transfer from detoxification to outpatient treatment, but additional treatment engagement interventions may be necessary to improve retention... - Charting a path between research and practice in alcoholism treatmentDennis McCarty
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University Portland, Oregon, USA
Alcohol Res Health 29:5-10. 2006.... - Extended-release naltrexone for alcohol dependence: persistence and healthcare costs and utilizationWilliam C Bryson
Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Am J Manag Care 17:S222-34. 2011.... - Self-help organizations for alcohol and drug problems: toward evidence-based practice and policyKeith Humphreys
SAMHSA Veterans Health Administration Workgroup on Substance Abuse Self Help Organizations, c o Program Evaluation and Resource Center, Veterans Affairs Health Care System 152 MPD, 795 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 26:151-8; discussion 159-65. 2004..Implementing such policies could strengthen alcohol and drug self-help organizations, and thereby enhance the national response to the serious public health problem of substance abuse... - Overcoming policy and financing barriers to integrated buprenorphine and HIV primary careBruce R Schackman
Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10021, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:S247-53. 2006.... - Making "stone soup": improvements in clinic access and retention in addiction treatmentVictor A Capoccia
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 33:95-103. 2007..DISCUSSION: The successes experienced by organizations in the NIATx initiative should be useful for implementing change in other fields of service delivery... - Practice variation and length of stay in alcohol and drug detoxification centersJeffrey N Jonkman
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 28:11-8. 2005..42 days). The study highlights the contribution of program size to treatment processes and suggests the need for more attention to program attributes in studies of patient outcomes and treatment processes... - How did the introduction of managed care for the uninsured in Iowa affect the use of substance abuse services?Susan L Ettner
UCLA Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Health Services Research, 911 Broxton Plaza, Room 106, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 30:26-40. 2003..Without knowing the impact on treatment outcomes, these changes cannot be interpreted as improved provider efficiency versus simply cost containment and profit maximization... - Bringing buprenorphine-naloxone detoxification to community treatment providers: the NIDA Clinical Trials Network field experienceLeslie Amass
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 11075 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Am J Addict 13:S42-66. 2004.... - Reducing errors of omission in chronic disease managementTodd Molfenter
Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis, University of Wisconsin, USA
J Interprof Care 19:521-3. 2005 - Challenges in the adoption of new pharmacotherapeutics for addiction to alcohol and other drugsAndrew J Saxon
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
Pharmacol Ther 108:119-28. 2005..The paper concludes with a discussion of barriers and ways to surmount the barriers and to foster greater use of medications in alcohol and drug treatment... - Impact of federal Substance Abuse Block Grants on state substance abuse spending: literature and data reviewAlexander Cowell
Center for Interdisciplinary Substance Abuse Research, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
J Ment Health Policy Econ 6:173-9. 2003..The analysis and approach in the literature is also instructive for other countries where a central government allocates health care resources to local authorities using a grant... - Performance measures for outpatient substance abuse services: group versus individual counselingLee Panas
Health and Addictions Research, Inc, 100 Boylston St, Ste 1075, Boston, MA 02116, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 25:271-8. 2003..State data systems can provide useful insights into the development and application of performance measurement...
Research Grants
- Oregon/Hawaii Node, Clinical Trials NetworkDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2007..TheOregon/Hawaii Node has proven its ability to be a strong and productive CTN member. ..
- Adoption of Buprenorphine in an HMO SettingDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2009..Aim 3: Identify factors that facilitate and inhibit the adoption and use of buprenorphine through interviews with 530 patients and 96 practitioners and administrators. ..
- Organizational Change to Improve Access and RetentionDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- Oregon/Hawaii Node, Clinical Trials NetworkDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2007..The Oregon/Hawaii Node has proven its ability to be a strong and productive CTN member. ..
- Organizational Change to Improve Access and RetentionDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Client and Counselor Attitudes Toward MedicationDennis McCarty; Fiscal Year: 2003..Aim 4. Test the impact of persuasion messages on medication usage attitudes, beliefs, normative beliefs, and attentions among both clients and counselors. ..