Integrating Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Substance Use into Prenatal Care. 2020

Jean C Hostage, and Julia Brock, and Wendy Craig, and Debra Sepulveda
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maine Medical Center, 22 Bramhall Street, Portland, ME, 04102, USA. jeanhostage@gmail.com.

OBJECTIVE Universal screening for substance use during pregnancy, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) is recommended by ACOG and the USPSTF. Here we present the implementation of SBIRT into the electronic health record (EHR) to inform clinical intervention and collect data on the prevalence of substance use during pregnancy at three prenatal clinics. METHODS A literature-based SBIRT instrument was developed. The tool was integrated into the EHR of a resident Ob/Gyn clinic, an MFM practice, and an Ob/Gyn generalist practice at our institution, an academic, tertiary care medical center in an urban area, and automated reports of aggregate retrospective EHR data were used to monitor patient responses to SBIRT over time. Data reports included patient responses to screening for substance use, brief intervention, and referral to treatment from January to December 2018 RESULTS: An interprofessional team of health care providers and systems analysts guided the SBIRT implementation process. As of December 2018, overall SBIRT performance during prenatal care encounters was 1797/2619 (69%), 432/1350 (32%), and 1290/1518 (85%) in the resident clinic, MFM practice, and generalist practice, respectively. Eighty (5.1%) women in the resident clinic, 2 (0.5%) in the MFM practice and 14 (1%) in the generalist practice reported past or present substance use. CONCLUSIONS Integrating universal SBIRT into prenatal care using the EHR requires a multi-disciplinary approach. The SBIRT tool facilitates reportable substance use screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment during prenatal care. Future reports will further characterize substance use in our prenatal practices and inform intervention strategies in this population.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008403 Mass Screening Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease. Screening,Mass Screenings,Screening, Mass,Screenings,Screenings, Mass
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011295 Prenatal Care Care provided the pregnant woman in order to prevent complications, and decrease the incidence of maternal and prenatal mortality. Antenatal Care,Care, Antenatal,Care, Prenatal
D012017 Referral and Consultation The practice of sending a patient to another program or practitioner for services or advice which the referring source is not prepared to provide. Consultation,Gatekeepers, Health Service,Hospital Referral,Second Opinion,Consultation and Referral,Health Service Gatekeepers,Hospital Referrals,Referral,Referral, Hospital,Referrals, Hospital,Consultations,Gatekeeper, Health Service,Health Service Gatekeeper,Opinion, Second,Opinions, Second,Referrals,Second Opinions
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D019966 Substance-Related Disorders Disorders related to substance use or abuse. Chemical Dependence,Drug Abuse,Drug Addiction,Drug Dependence,Drug Habituation,Drug Use Disorder,Drug Use Disorders,Organic Mental Disorders, Substance-Induced,Substance Abuse,Substance Dependence,Substance Related Disorder,Substance Use,Substance Use Disorder,Substance Use Disorders,Prescription Drug Abuse,Substance Addiction,Abuse, Drug,Abuse, Prescription Drug,Abuse, Substance,Addiction, Drug,Addiction, Substance,Chemical Dependences,Dependence, Chemical,Dependence, Drug,Dependence, Substance,Dependences, Chemical,Disorder, Drug Use,Disorder, Substance Related,Disorder, Substance Use,Disorders, Substance Related,Drug Abuse, Prescription,Habituation, Drug,Organic Mental Disorders, Substance Induced,Related Disorder, Substance,Related Disorders, Substance,Substance Abuses,Substance Uses,Use, Substance

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