Presenters
Summary
Qualitative and quantitative results from program evaluation of an ECHO based program, the Psychiatry Addiction Case Conference, which addresses improving mental and behavioral health and addiction using Integrated Behavioral Health Care principles, will be presented. Presentation ratings indicate high value to community participants. Results will include attitudes about consultation content, reasons for participating, satisfaction with consultations, barriers to treating addiction in the community, and ratings of relevance and quality of didactic presentations. Future directions to improve the program will be discussed.
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Objectives
- Describe how an ECHO learning collaborative can be adopted to address mental/behavioral health, addiction, and integrated behavioral health care gaps with community based providers.
- Describe the value of a learning collaborative to community based providers.
- Describe the evaluation process used to evaluate and improve an ECHO program.
References
- Tele-Behavioral Health, Collaborative Care, and Integrated Care: Learning to Leverage Scarce Psychiatric Resources over Distance, Populations, and Time. Ratzliff A, Sunderji N. Acad Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;42(6):834-840. doi: 10.1007/s40596-018-0984-5. Epub 2018 Oct 18.
- Enhanced Primary Care Treatment of Behavioral Disorders With ECHO Case-Based Learning. Komaromy M, Bartlett J, Manis K, Arora S. Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Sep 1;68(9):873-875. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600471. Epub 2017 Aug 15.
- Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes): A new model for educating primary care providers about treatment of substance use disorders. Komaromy M, Duhigg D, Metcalf A, Carlson C, Kalishman S, Hayes L, Burke T, Thornton K, Arora S. Subst Abus. 2016;37(1):20-4
- UnÁ¼tzer J, Powers D, Katon W, Langston C. From establishing an evidence-based practice to implementation in real-world settings: IMPACT as a case study. The Psychiatric clinics of North America 2005;28:1079-92.
- Thota AB, Sipe TA, Byard GJ, et al. Collaborative care to improve the management of depressive disorders: a community guide systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Prev Med. 2012;42(5):525-538. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2012.01.019