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This page offers links to all of our guidelines and their supporting material.

All items are freely available for download and distribution by Colorado physicians and members of Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC).  Organizations not based in Colorado should contact CCGC to arrange for use or distribution of any CCGC materials.  All guidelines, educational materials, and supporting materials are protected by the applicable copyright laws.

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*Go to "Healthcare Providers", then scroll to the bottom of the page where you will find 'SHS24' and order the number of guidelines you need

 

Current Guidelines

Guidelines in Progress

  • Alcohol and Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention* (Summer 2008)
  • Preventive Health Care (Summer 2008)

*Alcohol and Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention: CCGC is developing an alcohol and substance use screening and brief intervention guideline for primary care providers in Colorado.  The State of Colorado was awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop and implement screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment (SBIRT) as a routine procedure within health service delivery systems.  SBIRT is designed to target people with non-dependent use and to provide effective strategies for intervention prior to the need for more intensive treatment.  It emphasizes universal screening and very brief interventions for patients identified as needing some level of treatment for risky use of alcohol and other substances.  Currently, the SBIRT program is being implemented in hospitals and public health clinics throughout the state.  CCGC plans to increase awareness and use of SBIRT in private primary care settings.  To learn more about SBIRT Colorado, go to www.improvinghealthcolorado.org.

SBIRT Webcast: Enhancing Treatment with the Non-Dependent User

Colorado Clinical Guidelines Collaborative (CCGC) is pleased to announce Session Two of the three part SBIRT webcast series, “Brief Intervention and Brief Therapy: Enhancing Treatment with the Non-Dependent User” presented by Anjali Nandi, MA, LAC, MAC, Program Director at the Center for Change in Boulder, CO, and Tracey Ayers, LPC, CAC III, Co-Owner of the Brief Therapy Institute in Denver, CO.  This event is supported by funding from SBIRT Colorado.

Date:  Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm Mountain Time

Target Audience:

Primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, medical assistants, clinic support staff, and interested healthcare professionals

Description:

This presentation is the second in a three-part series addressing the use of Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treat (SBIRT) in healthcare settings.  This session will highlight the brief intervention and brief therapy components of the SBIRT approach to screening patients for alcohol and substance use and connecting patients with risky levels of use to appropriate services.  Brief intervention is a proven method of helping patients build awareness and resolve ambivalence about substance use and brief therapy focuses on assisting patients with achieving specific short-term goals and building skills to eliminate harmful or debilitating behaviors.  Healthcare providers can improve the quality of care delivered by offering and connecting patients to these services. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Understanding the continuum of care for the non-dependent, high-risk substance user including the components of a brief conversation
  • Assessing and enhancing motivation for change and determine appropriate referral for patient
  • Examining the construct of brief therapy and what patients can expect from a brief therapy referral
  • Identifying opportunities for coordinating patient care including treatment referrals and patient follow through
  • Addressing perceived barriers to implementing screening and brief intervention including time, reimbursement and available specialty care

Handouts of related materials will be emailed to all registered participants the day before the event.  The third event of this series will be held in October (more details coming soon).

Registration:

Participation is FREE to CHAMPS Organizational Members.  To determine if your organization is a current CHAMPS Organizational Member, please visit www.champsonline.org/About/CHAMPS/Org_Members.asp.  Due to CCGC’s and SBIRT Colorado’s generous sponsorship, participation is also FREE to all participants from Colorado.  Participants from other organizations will be charged $75 per computer link and $15 per person for CME credit after the event. 

To sign up for the webcast, simply click on the link below and follow the instructions: 

https://compx17.eventcenterlive.com/cfmx/ec/register/reg.cfm?BID=1&RegID=54B7A101

You may also visit www.champsonline.org/Events/Distance_Learning.asp to link directly to the online registration page for this webcast and to review other available live and archived CHAMPS webcasts, including Session One of this series.

PLEASE NOTE:

  • Advance registration is required.
  • Registration closes 24 hours before the live event (08/19/08).
  • Please register once for each computer being used to view the event (multiple participants are encouraged to share computers).

Continuing Medical Education Credit and COPIC ERS Point

1.5 hours of CME credit will be offered for interested parties (determination of credit is pending).  This credit is free for participants from CHAMPS Organizational Members and from the state of Colorado.  (Others will be billed $15 per person after the event.)

Colorado participants, please note that COPIC is awarding 1 ERS point for their insureds who participate in all three SBIRT webcast presentations.  Interested participants must complete the Evaluation and CME questions for all three events to qualify.  These evaluation forms will be submitted to COPIC after completing the third and final event.  If you are interested in applying for the COPIC ERS point but missed the first event in this series, please visit www.champsonline.org/Events/Distance_Learning.asp#archived to learn how to access CHAMPS archived webcasts.   

What if My Computer Doesn’t Support Sound?

We will provide a teleconference line to call the day of the webcast in case your computer is not set up for audio or if you are having audio difficulties.  This information (call-in number and passcode) will be emailed to all registrants the day before the webcast. 

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Guideline Disclaimer

CCGC subscribes to the following statements:

"Clinical practice guidelines are systematically developed statements to assist practitioner and patient decisions about appropriate health care for specific clinical circumstances." - Institute of Medicine

"These guidelines are not fixed protocols that must be followed, but are intended for health care professionals and providers to consider. While they identify and describe generally recommended courses of intervention, they are not presented as a substitute for the advice of a physician or other knowledgeable health care professional or provider. Individual patients may require different treatments from those specified in a given guideline. Guidelines are not entirely inclusive or exclusive of all methods of reasonable care that can obtain/produce the same results. While guidelines can be written that take into account variations in clinical settings, resources, or common patient characteristics, they cannot address the unique needs of each patient nor the combination of resources available to a particular community or health care professional or provider. Deviations from clinical practice guidelines may be justified by individual circumstances. Thus, guidelines must be applied based on individual patient needs using professional judgment." - National Guideline Clearinghouse

Guideline Dissemination Policy

The following statement is CCGC's policy regarding dissemination of CCGC Guidelines by corporations in the healthcare industry:

Any pharmaceutical companies, other corporations, and their representatives that disseminate CCGC guidelines agree to the following:

  1. They will only disseminate final materials that have been approved for distribution by CCGC.
  2. They will not construe the relationship with CCGC as endorsing any of their products.
  3. They will refer any questions regarding the CCGC guidelines back to CCGC.
  4. They will not place the CCGC name or logo on any of their materials without prior written consent by CCGC.

hospitalQuestions?

For questions and additional information about the CCGC Guidelines, please contact the CCGC office at (720) 297-1681.