The promise of PROMIS® for addiction
Thomas F. Hilton
National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, 6001 Executive Blvd, Rm 5197, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
It is no secret that the field of addiction treatment is suffering from the chronic relapsing problem of organizational inefficiency.
Although researchers from leading institutions have identified remedies for many inefficient and ineffective business and therapeutic practices, the field has had difficulty adjusting to ever-changing requirements from outside organizations such as third-party payers and governmental
agencies.