Friday, April 25, 2025
4/25/2025
Technology-Assisted Care in Pasco County - Technology-Assisted Care in Pasco County will expand and enhance eServices outpatient substance abuse treatment to Pasco County, Florida. Service enhancement and expansion will serve 120individuals over the 36 month grant period. Expansion and enhancement through the use of applications on devices such as tablets and/or smartphones, telephone counseling and web-based services will increase community capacity which lacks needed primary care and substance abuse providers: the overall number has remained unchanged for a threeyear period. The project will target high-risk, substance/alcohol abusing senior adults age 60 years and older. Subpopulations include substance/alcohol abusing pregnant and/or parenting females age 18 years and older. An additional sub-population includes substance/alcohol abusing veterans age 18- years and older. Using evidence-based, culturally appropriate practices the project goals include: 1) Expand eServices in Pasco County so that the capacity to treat clients is tripled; 2) Enhance Utilization Review to enroll and capture private pay clients and improve treatment effectiveness (considering SAMHSA as payer of last resort, and clients in need of co-payments in a shared cost model); 3) Establish benchmark measures with this population to improve treatment access, retention, continuing care and satisfaction and 4) Integrate Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment to a web-based environment to enhance efficiency and integration with the Electronic Health Record. Measurable objectives include: 1) eServices in place and operational by the end of the first year of the grant. Establish baseline and have data available; 2) Enroll 40 clients a year in technology assisted care, totaling 120 clients over the 36 month grant period; 3) By the end of year 2, have a plan in place and 50% of the Benchmarking measures identified and operational; 4) By the end of year 2, have a plan in place and have a web-based system for SBIRT integration.
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