Using the NIATx Model

A NIATx project to start or improve a buprenorphine treatment program begins by getting the customer perspective to identify barriers to effective use of the practice.

  • Once these barriers have been identified, the change team brainstorms potential solutions and pilot-tests them, using data to measure the effectiveness of the change.
  • A change is adopted (often after multiple pilot tests, or PDSA cycles) only when the data show that it’s working.

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Read some success stories from organizations that have used the NIATx model to start or improve their buprenorphine treatment programs: