Ensuring that SBIRT can be sustained is both a financial and outcome-based process.

Adding SBIRT to an already busy client/patient encounter can lengthen the time of service and add costs for organizations. However, it can also decrease system-wide costs because of increased efficiency and improved patient outcomes. These improvements can decrease overall costs for organizations.

Organizations that have been able to sustain SBIRT have made organizational changes to add policies to support SBIRT and have developed a culture that supports change.

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