TY - JOUR
KW - Behavioral Medicine/organization & administration
KW - Delivery of Health Care, Integrated
KW - Depressive Disorder/therapy
KW - Humans
KW - Local Government
KW - Medicaid
KW - Medically Uninsured
KW - North Carolina
KW - Poverty
KW - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
KW - Public Health Administration/education/manpower
KW - Rural Health Services/organization & administration
KW - Schools, Public Health
KW - United States
AU - S. Mims
A1 - 
AB - The need for behavioral healthcare for the poor and indigent is well documented in rural North Carolina, and integrated behavioral healthcare--that is, mental health screening and treatment offered as part of primary care services--has proven a very effective and efficient method to improve patients' health. In 2000, the Buncombe County Health Center (BCHC) began a grant-funded program treating depressed patients in its public health clinics and school health programs. The Health Center used the opportunity to send a team to the Management Academy for Public Health to learn business principles that could be applied to the challenge of sustaining this program as part of its ongoing public health service delivery for the county. Using their business plan from the Management Academy, the BCHC sought funding from various stakeholders, and, through their support, was able to institute a fully integrated behavioral health program in 2004. The BCHC has now joined forces with other partners in the state to address statewide policy changes in support of such programs. These efforts are an example of how a community health center can apply entrepreneurial thinking and strategic business planning to improve healthcare and effect wide-ranging change.
BT - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
C5 - Education & Workforce
CP - 5
CY - United States
IS - 5
JF - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
N2 - The need for behavioral healthcare for the poor and indigent is well documented in rural North Carolina, and integrated behavioral healthcare--that is, mental health screening and treatment offered as part of primary care services--has proven a very effective and efficient method to improve patients' health. In 2000, the Buncombe County Health Center (BCHC) began a grant-funded program treating depressed patients in its public health clinics and school health programs. The Health Center used the opportunity to send a team to the Management Academy for Public Health to learn business principles that could be applied to the challenge of sustaining this program as part of its ongoing public health service delivery for the county. Using their business plan from the Management Academy, the BCHC sought funding from various stakeholders, and, through their support, was able to institute a fully integrated behavioral health program in 2004. The BCHC has now joined forces with other partners in the state to address statewide policy changes in support of such programs. These efforts are an example of how a community health center can apply entrepreneurial thinking and strategic business planning to improve healthcare and effect wide-ranging change.
PP - United States
PY - 2006
SN - 1078-4659; 1078-4659
SP - 456
EP - 461
EP - 
T1 - A sustainable behavioral health program integrated with public health primary care
T2 - Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP
TI - A sustainable behavioral health program integrated with public health primary care
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 16912608
VL - 12
VO - 1078-4659; 1078-4659
Y1 - 2006
ER -