The ATTC/NIATx Service Improvement Blog - Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC) Network

Changing Practice Through Collaboration, Art, and Science

Published: 03/04/2020

Check out this resource to see how collaboration is needed in all steps of the implementation process.

NIATx Tools: What I Learned From My First Walk-through Exercise

Published: 03/02/2020

Julia Parnell Alexander, Ph.D. Co-Director, Great Lakes PTTC State Project Manager, Indiana, for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC My first NIATx walk-through exercise happened when I was a staff member at a recovery community organization (RCO) in Minnesota. Through this experience, I quickly learned the difference between theory and practice. I thought I […]

Tech Transfer in Action Blog Series: Infusing Evidence-Based Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Information into Existing U.S. College and University Curricula

Published: 02/19/2020

Follow this link for an example of Technology Transfer in action.

Hepatitis C Prescriber Toolkit

Published: 02/12/2020

Laura W. Cheever, MD, ScM Associate Administrator for HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Although advances in HIV care and treatment result in longer life expectancy for people with HIV, those who are coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C have a high risk of liver-related illness and death. Viral hepatitis progresses faster and causes more liver-related health problems […]

Supporting the “MI Spirit” Through an Intensive TA Process: Clinical Supervisory Staff Improve Their Communication Skills For Use with Clients and Each Other

Published: 02/01/2020

This blogpost provides an example of how the EPIS model was used to implement Motivational Interviewing (MI).

NIATx: Promising Practices to Increase Engagement in Treatment

Published: 01/31/2020

Maureen Fitzgerald Great Lakes ATTC/NIATx NIATx Principle 1, "Understand and Involve the Customer," comes alive when a change team conducts a walk-through of their agency or one of its processes. For many change teams, the first walk-through focuses on the customer's first contact with the agency: the intake and admission processes. A walk-through of first […]

ATTC Region 2: Increasing Capacity for the Drug Courts in Puerto Rico

Published: 01/16/2020

The Institute of Research, Education and Services in Addiction at the Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine has been providing various trainings to the Drug Courts of Puerto Rico. Drug Courts is a program that seeks the recovery of people with substance use disorders through a continuous and intensive judicial follow up. It applies […]

2020 Vision: What Will You Improve in the New Year?

Published: 01/06/2020

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R NIATx Coach With the start of a new year, many organizations resolve to tackle long-standing issues, such as high no-show rates. In this post, NIATx coach Mat Roosa shares his vision for reducing no-shows: Offer walk-in hours. Walk-ins “The best way to get rid of no-shows for appointments is […]

NEW ENGLAND ATTC

Published: 01/02/2020

By The New England ATTC and Stephen Andrew, LCSW, LADC, CCS, CGP The New England ATTC is collaborating with the Health Education & Training Institute in an effort to implement Motivational Interviewing (MI) systems-wide throughout Tri-County Mental Health Services of Maine. Tri-County Mental Health Services provides integrated behavioral health care for clients with substance use […]

Make it Quick! NIATx Principle #5: Use Rapid-Cycle Testing

Published: 12/05/2019

Maureen Fitzgerald Editor, NIATx and Great Lakes ATTC The fifth principle of the NIATx model is rapid-cycle testing, structured around what’s known as the PDSA (Plan-Do-Study-Act) Cycle. In rapid-cycle testing, the executive sponsor, change leader, or team comes up with ideas for changes to test and then tests each of those changes in quick succession […]

NIATx Essential Tools: The Walk-through That Almost Never Happened

Published: 11/06/2019

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R NIATx Coach During the early days of NIATx, I was working for an agency, and decided to do a walk-through of the intake process at a community residential program for people with co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. The entire walk-through process was very helpful, and resulted in some significant changes […]

American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium

Published: 10/23/2019

Exciting things are happening at American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry’s (AAAP) 30th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium this year in San Diego, CA. AAAP is offering two Pre-Conference courses: Advanced Addiction Psychopharmacology, and Addictions and Their Treatment. These two courses will immerse you into a world of clinical knowledge that will help you improve your […]

Recovery Month: Reflections on 30 Years

Published: 09/30/2019

Since beginning in 1989, SAMHSA’s National Recovery Month has celebrated the millions of Americans who have achieved recovery from a substance use or mental health disorder. It’s also a month to shine a light on the hard work of those who work in treatment and recovery services. Here, treatment professionals and researchers reflect on how […]

National Recovery Month 2019: ATTC Resources Address Treatment and Recovery in Diverse Populations

Published: 09/13/2019

By Maureen Fitzgerald Great Lakes ATTC The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) first launched National Recovery Month in September 1989 to celebrate the millions of Americans living in recovery from substance use and mental health disorders. Over the past 30 years, National Recovery Month has promoted the message that treatment works, people […]

The Role of Spirituality and Faith in the Treatment and Healing of SUDs

Published: 08/15/2019

Dawn Tyus, LPC, MAC, NCC Director, Southeast ATTC Celene Craig, MPH, MS Over the past decade, there has been an emphasis on addressing the acute alcohol and drug addiction crisis in the United States. In 2016, more than 63,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S., a 21.5% increase from 2015. As of 2018, 20.1 […]

NIATx Principle #2: Fix Key Problems (And Help the CEO Sleep at Night)

Published: 08/02/2019

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R NIATx Coach The NIATx model is driven by five principles that research has shown to be the hallmarks of successful improvement projects. These five principles emerged from an analysis of decades’ worth of research that gathered data from 640 organizations in 13 industries, examining 80 factors on why certain projects fail while […]

Hepatitis C (HCV) Current Initiative Prepares New Trainers

Published: 07/23/2019

Meet the Trainer: Jess Draws Maureen Fitzgerald Great Lakes ATTC Back/Middle Row from left: Cindy Christy, Erin Winstanley, Joe McAdams, Kurt Begaye, Brian Hartzler, Hannah Eckes, Jace Dyckman, Lucas Piper, Diana Padilla (master trainer), Ed Johnson, Chris Harsell, Grant Hovik, Al Hasson, Maxine Henry, Robert Peralta, Holly Hagle, Robert Jope Front row from left: Tammy […]

AMERSA Conference: Reflecting back on 2018 highlights and looking ahead to this year's conference

Published: 07/09/2019

Claire Anne Simeone, DNP, FNPMatthew Tierney, RN, MSN, NP Shannon Mountain-Ray, LICSWScott E. Hadland, MD, MPH, MS AMERSA (The Association of Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance use and Addiction) held its 42nd annual conference at the InterContinental Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco on November 8-11, 2018, with sponsorship support from the ATTC Network […]

The 5 NIATx Principles: Principle #4 — Get ideas from outside the organization or field

Published: 06/17/2019

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R NIATx Coach When a substance use disorder clinic is struggling to engage and retain clients, we might understand why they would reach out to a more successful clinic for assistance. But what about asking a hotel or an amusement park? Many industries, especially in the health and human service sector, have remained […]

The South Southwest ATTC Consortium of Higher Education Institutions

Published: 05/28/2019

Maureen Nichols Director, South Southwest ATTC In 1993, the South Southwest ATTC formed an educational consortium of community colleges across Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas) to impact the quality of clinical addiction care by enhancing academic preparation for new counselors entering the addictions treatment field and to support the recruitment and […]

Welcome to the New National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center

Published: 05/14/2019

Pierluigi Mancini, Phd, MAC Director, National Hispanic and Latino ATTC National Hispanic and Latino ATTC Welcome to the New National Hispanic and Latino Addiction Technology Transfer Center, (National Hispanic and Latino ATTC) the latest member of the Addiction Technology Transfer Center network (ATTC). The National Latino Behavioral Health Association (NLBHA), the grant recipient, was established […]

Great Lakes ATTC: Process Improvement Focus Helps Organizations Implement Evidence-Based Practices

Published: 05/01/2019

Todd Molfenter, Ph.D. Director, Great Lakes ATTC The mission of the ATTC Network includes “accelerating the adoption and implementation of evidence-based and promising addiction treatment and recovery-oriented practices and services.” At the Great Lakes ATTC, we’re applying our background in implementation science and process improvement to help accelerate the adoption and implementation of EPBs in […]

Why Understanding and Involving the Customer Matters in Behavioral Health

Published: 04/26/2019

Mat Roosa, LCSW-R NIATx Coach Treatment organizations continue to face the challenge of improving access to and retention in treatment. NIATx (originally known as The Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment) was developed specifically to help treatment providers make simple, powerful changes that can improve service delivery. NIATx is based on five principles. The […]

ECHO-CMU for ATTC 25th Anniversary: SEA-HATTC’s expansion of new learning strategies

Published: 04/17/2019

Behavioral health is a major problem while ongoing health workforce shortage is global issue. SEA-HATTC signed MOU with Missouri Telehealth Network, University of Missouri for utilization of ECHO® model and software to conduct virtual clinics via multi-point videoconferencing also extend behavioral healthcare knowledge and tele-consultation to primary care and community hospitals in the upper northern […]

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