Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Screening, counseling, and treating unhealthy alcohol use in primary care improves patient outcomes, yet these preventive services are often delivered inconsistently or ineffectively.In their article, Jonas and colleagues 1 report findings from the STUN study, which enrolled 21 primary care practices, each with fewer than 10 clinicians, into a 12-month practice facilitation intervention that created workflows and tailored tools to address unhealthy alcohol use.Screening with the recommended Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) increased substantially, rising from 17.4% of patients at baseline to 57.6% following practice facilitation.Counseling for patients identified with unhealthy alcohol use also improved.Initially no patients had documented counseling, but after practice facilitation, 32.3% of those screening positive received counseling.While ideally, all people with unhealthy use would receive counseling, this improvement Open Access.
Source: JAMA Network Open
Authors: Alison N. Huffstetler, Alex H. Krist
Institution: Virginia Commonwealth University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,000
OpenAlex ID: W7125425445