Children in foster care are frequently affected by adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) resulting in predictable and significant cognitive,
Depth and Breadth: Building Capacity for Coordinated, Comprehensive Care through Collaboration and Collective Impact
Two complementary initiatives are advancing comprehensive care in Houston through integration of physical and behavioral health care as well as
Linkage: Connecting Addiction Medicine to Primary Care; Empowering Patients to Take a leading Role in Managing their Overall Health
Research has shown that higher activation and engagement with health care is associated with better self-management. To our knowledge, the linkage
Si, se puede! Providing Effective Integrated care to Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Latinx Patients and their Families
Does your clinic serve a large LEP community? Are you involved in training bilingual Spanish behavioral health providers? This presentation will
Understanding the Importance of Asking Hard Questions In Primary Care: One FQHCs experience with Implementing System Wide ACE Screening in WCCs
Pediatric Well Child Checks (WCCs) are routine points in medical care that offer opportunities for wellness promotion, broad screening, and further
Patterns and Outcomes from Warm Handoffs in Integrated Pediatric Clinics
The purpose of this project was to evaluate the benefits of the presence of Behavioral Health Primary Care (BHPC) staff located in pediatric primary
Using Applied Implementation Science to Build Workforce Capacity Within your Integrated Care Organization
The "what"
One is Too Many – Our Program’s and Institution’s Response to Loss
The loss of a team member to suicide has huge impacts for those close to them and also for the medical system in which the person worked, as a whole.
Depression Treatment Pathway in Primary Care
Data related to treatment response following initial implementation of a depression treatment pathway within primary care. Pathway included education
A Closer Look at the Feasibility and Utility of a Brief Multidimensional Behavioral Health Screen: The Adult Wellbeing Screener
Use of a brief, broad BH stepped care screen facilitates efficient assessment in primary care. A broad initial (Step 1) screen may capture concerns
Want to “Measure Up?” How to Select and Use Validated Assessment Tools in Integrated Primary Care Research and Evaluation
Clinician innovators and researchers should strive to use measures with strong psychometric properties in integrated primary care research,
But How will you Pay for It? Maximizing Reimbursement for Behavioral Health Integration in the Fee for Service World
If your organization is still asking you how you will pay for integration, this presentation is for you. While new forms of payment for integrating
Cross-Training for the Family Medicine Workforce
The current generation of primary care trainees, both behavioral medicine and family medicine, have begun to understand the unique need for training
Professional Ethics for Interdisciplinary Teams in Primary Care and Outpatient Health Settings
Professional ethics is a cornerstone of any clinical practice. With the movement toward greater integration of multidisciplinary care provision in
A System Wide Transformation to address Adverse Childhood Experiences in Primary Care
Over the past four years, MaineHealth has stretched its understanding of and response to childhood trauma and ACEs in the patients we serve through a
Reducing Emergency Department Utilization and Improving Health Among Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Clients with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness
Individuals with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) suffer a disproportionate burden of morbidity and pre-mature mortality. In an effort to
The Importance of Social Connections: Innovative Approaches for Reducing Tobacco Use Among Adults with Mental Illness
Prevalence of tobacco use among adults with mental illness is greater than twice than that of the general population. Mental health (MH) recovery is a
Evaluation of Interprofessional Team-based Care
This "how-to"