Assessing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) compliance and disparities for pediatric inpatients at a tertiary care facility.

Background: Pediatric trauma centers are required to screen patients for alcohol or other drug use (AOD), Briefly Intervene, and Refer these patients to Treatment (SBIRT) to meet Level 1 and 2 trauma center requirements set by the American College of Surgeons. We evaluated if a mandatory electronic medical record tool increased SBIRT screening compliance for all trauma and non-trauma adolescent inpatients.

Methods: A SBIRT electronic medical record tool was implemented for pediatric inpatient AOD screening.