Background
The Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL) is a partnership with clinics around the state to provide evidence-based, cost-efficient Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment services to help patients make positive changes. The Center for Urban Population Health is coordinating the Milwaukee-based operations of this initiative.
Primary Purpose
To enhance the delivery of evidence-based, culturally competent substance abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment (SBIRT) services in healthcare settings throughout Wisconsin.
Objectives
- Proactively identify individuals who may be at risk of alcohol and drug abuse
- Use motivational interviewing principals to enhance cultural competence
- Provide brief interventions and recommend treatment
- Use quality improvement Plan, Do, Study, Act cycles on service volume, fidelity, and patient satisfaction
Timeline
May 2007 – Present
Population
WIPHL provides SBIRT services to all patients 18 and older seen at 4 culturally diverse Aurora Health Care Clinics. In 2009, the WIPHL program expanded services into the Women’s Health Clinic at Aurora Sinai Hospital, which included screening and treating pregnant women.
Funding Source
The Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services through funding from the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment of the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Partners
WIPHL consists of 20 health clinics dispersed throughout the state of Wisconsin.
Principal Investigator
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Richard Brown, M.D.
Local Investigators & Staff
Aurora UW Medical Group
Elizabeth Bade, M.D.
Dennis Baumgardner, M.D.
Center for Urban Population Health
Jennifer Evertsen, M.S., Project Manager and Quality Improvement Coordinator
Aurora Health Care
Chris Casselman, M.A., Aurora Sinai Prevention Specialist
Melissa Barth, B.S., CHES, Walker’s Point/Clark Square Prevention Specialist
Kim Schoen, B.A., Women’s Health Prevention Specialist
Progress Update
In Year 2 of this project AUWMG clinics have brief screened over 2,700 patients, full screened over 630 patients, and referred a number of patients to treatment. In year 3 our goal is to brief screen and full screen 75% of eligible patients and expand services to adolescents and pregnant women.
For more information, visit:
www.wiphl.com
or contact:
Jennifer Evertsen
414-219-5594
Jennifer.evertsen@aurora.org
