@article{5d992ce4850949eaaf45174d9236f880,
title = "Substance Use Screening Protocol: Implementation of a system for patients with cancer",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Substance use by patients with a cancer diagnosis may have a detrimental effect on short-and long-term outcomes. Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) has been recommended for all patients in primary care and emergency medicine. OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to train clinical providers and to implement an effective SBIRT program in a radiation oncology clinic in a comprehensive cancer center. METHODS: An interprofessional task force devel-oped a staff training protocol that incorporated oncology-specific content. The team then piloted an SBIRT program in the outpatient clinic. FINDINGS: Staff training results were mixed, with only a few evaluation items showing significant improvement. Despite these results, staff training and the implementation of an SBIRT may be valuable in improving substance use screening in this vulnerable population.",
keywords = "Brief intervention, Cancer, Referral to therapy, SBIRT, Screening, Substance use",
author = "Amanda Choflet and Laura Hoofring and Zhi Cheng and Lisa Katulis and Amol Narang and Susan Appling",
note = "Funding Information: and Human Services at San Diego State University in California; and Laura Hoofring, MSN, RN, is a psychiatric liaison nurse for medical and radiation oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Zhi Cheng, MD, MPH, is a research data analyst in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins University, Lisa Katulis, BA, BSN, MHA, MBA, is a lead clinical nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Amol Narang, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a faculty physician at Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Susan Appling, PhD, CRNP, recently retired as an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Johns Hopkins University, all in Baltimore, MD. Choflet can be reached at achoflet@sdsu.edu, with copy to CJONEditor@ ons.org. (Submitted September 2019. Accepted April 4, 2020.) The authors take full responsibility for this content. This project received a grant from the Academic Partnerships to Improve Public Health program, a joint effort of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The article has been reviewed by independent peer reviewers to ensure that it is objective and free from bias. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020, Oncology Nursing Society. All rights reserved.",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1188/20.CJON.554-560",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "24",
pages = "554--560",
journal = "Clinical journal of oncology nursing",
issn = "1092-1095",
publisher = "Oncology Nursing Society",
number = "5",
}