Steven B. Carswell, Ph.D.
Katherine Sanchez, Ph.D
COG is pleased to announce that Drs. Steven Carswell and Katherine Sanchez, of Baylor Scott & White Health in Texas, along with Co-Investigators Jan Gryczynski and Robert Schwartz have received a grant award from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities entitled “Validation of the TAPS-Electronic Spanish Platform (TAPS-ESP): A Technology to Improve Access to Substance Use Screening and Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities in Hispanic Primary Care Patients.” This study is a Phase II, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award that builds upon our Phase I work to develop a Spanish language version of the TAPS Tool in a technology platform by: (1) integrating the TAPS-ESP into the existing health information technology infrastructure of a large healthcare system, (2) conducting a rigorous large-scale validation study of the TAPS-ESP, and (3) examining barriers and facilitators of real-world implementation from a provider workflow perspective.
