Behavioral Health Business April 15, 2024
When family medicine physician Dr. Jennifer Thomas started her first job after her residency, she said she had “no clue” how often she would encounter substance use disorder (SUD) needs in the primary care setting.
Thomas, co-national medical director for integrated care at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), is now part of the movement to better integrate SUD screenings, treatment pipelines and follow-ups into primary care.
“We in integrated care should be a place, or aspire to be at a place, where behavioral health screenings and substance use screenings are part of all your visits,” Thomas told Addiction Treatment Business. “If we systematically screen the population we’ll catch folks a lot earlier and have a better chance at...
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