Beyond the Label: Caring for Patients with Substance Related Issues in Your Practice

Program Details

Presenter: Arianna Campbell, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, CAQ-EM, DFAAPA Senior Director, M-Principal Investigator, The Bridge Center at PHI PA, Emergency Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, VA NCHCS

Provides 1.00 hour of CE/CME credit (Presented on May 26, 2026; Reviewed June 1, 2026; Expires June 1, 2028)
Provides CME credit toward the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners' requirement for 2 hours of training related to ethics, pain management, or addiction care during each licensure period.

Online CME Credit Fee: $50.00
Credit must be claimed with 30 days of registering.

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Overview

This session will explore the healthcare system’s role in responding to substance use disorders, with a particular focus on hospital and clinical settings. As healthcare professionals increasingly encounter patients impacted by substance use and behavioral health needs, it is critical to strengthen understanding of addiction care as part of a comprehensive response. This training will examine strategies for improving identification, engagement, and support for individuals with substance use disorders while highlighting opportunities to better integrate behavioral health services into medical care. Participants will leave with a stronger understanding of how clinical settings can play a meaningful role in improving outcomes for these patients.

This session topic is part of a series presented by the PACT Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Communities o address substance misuse through the Strategic Prevention Framework community-based process and work in collaboration with its members and partners to address policy, system and environmental change. To view all session topics available in this series, please click on PACT Coalition for Safe and Drug-Free Communities Program Series. 

Learning Objectives

Following participation in this course, participants should be able to:

  • Describe the role of hospitals and healthcare providers in the treatment of substance use disorders
  • Identify key considerations for engaging and supporting patients with substance use and behavioral health needs in clinical settings
  • Explain the value of integrating addiction care into diverse practice settings to improve coordination and patient outcomes

Program Faculty

Arianna Campbell, DMSc, MPH, PA-C, CAQ-EM, DFAAPA

Senior Director, M-Principal Investigator, The Bridge Center at PHIPA, Emergency Medicine, Addiction Psychiatry, VA NCHCS

Arianna is an Emergency and Addiction Medicine PA with more than 26 years of clinical experience. She works in Emergency and Addiction Psychiatry with an administrative role in buprenorphine access for the VA Northern California Healthcare System. She serves as Senior Director and Multiple Principal Investigator for The Bridge Center at PHI and CA Bridge, a program for which she is a cofounder. She is President-elect for California Academy of Physician Associates and is a CE committee member and Presidential Taskforce member for ASAM. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Society of Addiction Medicine PAs and the Medical Education Research Foundation. She has authored and co-authored multiple publications, the most recent detailing rural substance use navigation in her local rural hospital.

Program Support

This project has been funded by grant number NH28CE003534 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by the CDC, or the U.S. Government.