The Authors’ Own Words: Ten years of implementing screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT): Lessons learned

As more primary care clinics and hospitals move toward implementing SBI as a standard of integrated care, establishing best implementation practices is fundamental to program success and sustainability. After ten years of implementing a statewide SBIRT initiative, SBIRT Colorado is uniquely positioned to offer key lessons learned about successful implementation. SBIRT Colorado has also had the opportunity to consider SBIRT in the context of legalized medical and recreational marijuana. This manuscript provides guidance to healthcare clinics and hospitals initiating SBI into their practice.