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Six Building Blocks

Six Building Blocks

A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care
What are the Six Building Blocks?

The Six Building Blocks program was developed by the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. It provides an evidence-based quality improvement roadmap to help primary care teams implement effective, guideline-driven care for their chronic pain and long-term opioid therapy patients.
Who are the Six Building Blocks for?

The Six Building Blocks can help anyone who is interested in improving the care of patients using long-term opioid therapy, such as:

  • practice facilitators
  • quality improvement personnel
  • clinicians and staff
  • clinic administrators
What will you find on this website?

This website introduces the Six Building Blocks, provides tools and resources for improving care, and offers implementation guidance.

 
The Six Building Blocks was developed by the University of Washington Department of Family Medicine and Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute. This project was funded by Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (#R18HS023750, #HHSP233201500013I), Washington State Department of Health (CDC #5 NU17CE002734), National Institute on Drug Abuse (#UG1DAO13714), and the Washington State’s Olympic Communities of Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of AHRQ, WA DOH, NIDA, or WA DOH.