Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network

Addiction Expertise within Your Reach

The Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network operates as a clinical collaboration among quality health care organizations that share a philosophy about the most-effective, evidence-based treatment for substance abuse, as well as a commitment to improving patient outcomes.

Our aim is to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right setting, and at the right time in order to reclaim their lives from the disease of addiction.

Members of the Patient Care Network are philosophically aligned with Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation’s practices that recognize and support:

• The brain science of addiction
• Principles of Twelve Step recovery
• The importance of long-term patient engagement supported by a treatment continuum of programs and services
• Use of medication-assisted therapy with abstinence-based addiction recovery as the ultimate goal
• Use of evidence-based, psychosocial therapies for addiction
• Abstinence from all potentially addicting substances outside of those required for medical/psychiatric care

Organizations ideally suited for the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network include:

• Health care systems
• Substance abuse treatment programs
• Behavioral health programs
• Other specialty providers

A Collaborative Approach to an Addiction Treatment Network of Care

Network members are equipped with organizational resources related to best practices in addiction treatment, clinical tools for your staff, and engaging patient/family/community education resources. As an additional option, our Clinical Solutions team offers customized consulting services to prepare organizations to implement our evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder.

Branded Network

As a Patient Care Network member, your organization benefits from a branded network led by today’s recognized leader in the field of drug and alcohol addiction.

Branding benefits include:

• Use of the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network member logo
• Brand visibility and messaging (e.g., joint press releases and announcements, Patient Care Network web presence, Clinical Connections enewsletter)
• Professional and patient-focused fact sheets and webinars that display the Hazelden Betty Ford Patient Care Network member logo and are available to distribute to patients, families and colleagues
• Collaborative opportunities with other Patient Care Network member organizations

Organizational Resources

Patient Care Network organizations work collaboratively with the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation to share best practices, enhancing the likelihood of long-term patient engagement and, ultimately, successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction for the populations we serve.

Each Patient Care Network organization has the opportunity to send up to three leaders to observe and explore best practices in three key areas of interest at a one-day visit to a Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation facility.

Examples of offerings include:

• COR-12™Comprehensive Opioid Response with the Twelve Steps Program
• Intake process
• Front-end structure
• Insurance and managed care protocols
• Detoxification process
• Interdisciplinary team functioning
• Staffing patterns
• Specialized care
  • Pain management
  • Trauma-informed therapy
  • LGBTQ integrative care
  • Health Care Professionals and Legal Professionals Programs
• Program structure
  • Mental health
  • Patient flow
  • Residential, day treatment, and partial hospitalization
• Clinical management to self-management care models
• Emergency response and crisis management
• Recovery community and alumni network development
• Caring Family Group training and implementation
• Marketing and business development
• Electronic health records

Member organizations choose up to three topics. If interested in additional support and resources, you can purchase consulting services tailored to meet the needs of your organization.

Clinical Tools

Informed by evidence-based practices and the latest scientific research, the field of addiction treatment and recovery continues to advance and evolve. Patient Care Network organizations are equipped to keep your staff informed and up-to-date on the latest thinking and best practices through:

• Subscription to the Living in Balance curriculum, part of Hazelden Publishing's Treatment On Demand offerings
• Download of Field Guide to Life mobile app for all member clinicians
• Access to and distribution permission for webinars featuring leading addiction experts and authors
• Updates from the Butler Center for Research at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
• Fact sheets on emerging topics in addiction and recovery

Other optional resources are available at a discount. Contact the Patient Care Network manager for more information.

Education and Support for Patients, Families and the Community

The disease of addiction is commonly misunderstood by the general public, but research articles, informative fact sheets and educational videos better equip Patient Care Network organizations to educate the patients, families, and communities you serve.

• More than 60 family/patient-focused fact sheets on topics such as addiction’s impact on siblings, sleep issues and addiction, and avoiding relapse during the holidays
• Research updates on family/patient-focused topics such as women and substance abuse, problem drinking among college students, and drug misuse and dependence among older adults
• Streaming access to 40 family/patient-focused videos by Hazelden Publishing on topics such as myths of addiction, adolescents and co-occurring disorders, and stages of family recovery

Other optional resources are available at a discount. Contact the Patient Care Network manager for more information.

Clinical Solutions

Comprehensive Opioid Response with the Twelve Steps (COR-12™)

In the midst of what federal authorities describe as the worst drug addiction epidemic in U.S. history, medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction that incorporates long-term patient engagement has shown great promise. Yet, in too many communities this type of evidence-based, medication-assisted treatment is not available.

The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation developed the field’s most-innovative approach to treating heroin and opioid addiction.

Our customized consulting services prepare your organization to implement the opioid addiction treatment program, COR-12™ with fidelity.

Is your organization interested in adding medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction? Through a three-day, cross-functional training, we will determine your organization's capabilities and capacity to deliver the program. Contact the Patient Care Network manager for more information.

If your organization is interested in additional COR-12™ support and resources, we provide further consulting services on a fee-for-service basis.