TY - JOUR
AU - B. K. Arora
AU - M. J. Klein
AU - C. Yousif
AU - A. Khacheryan
AU - H. J. Walter
A1 - 
AB - Due to the pervasive shortage of behavioral health (BH) specialists, collaborative partnerships between pediatric primary care practitioners (PPCPs) and BH specialists can enhance provision of BH services by PPCPs. We aimed to create a new model of collaborative care that was mostly virtual, affordable, and scalable. The pilot program was implemented in 18 practices (48 PPCPs serving approximately 150 000 patients) in 2 consecutive cohorts. Outcomes were assessed by administering pre-program and post-program surveys. Across the 18 practices, PPCPs reported significantly increased confidence in their BH knowledge and skills, and significantly increased their provision of target BH services. Barriers to BH service provision (resources, time, and staff) were unchanged. This compact, mostly virtual model of BH collaboration appears to be beneficial to PPCPs while also offering convenience to patients and affordability and scalability to the practice network.
AD - Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.;Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.;Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.;Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.;Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
AN - 36988180
BT - Clin Pediatr (Phila)
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
DA - Mar 29
DO - 10.1177/00099228231164478
DP - NLM
ET - 20230329
JF - Clin Pediatr (Phila)
LA - eng
N2 - Due to the pervasive shortage of behavioral health (BH) specialists, collaborative partnerships between pediatric primary care practitioners (PPCPs) and BH specialists can enhance provision of BH services by PPCPs. We aimed to create a new model of collaborative care that was mostly virtual, affordable, and scalable. The pilot program was implemented in 18 practices (48 PPCPs serving approximately 150 000 patients) in 2 consecutive cohorts. Outcomes were assessed by administering pre-program and post-program surveys. Across the 18 practices, PPCPs reported significantly increased confidence in their BH knowledge and skills, and significantly increased their provision of target BH services. Barriers to BH service provision (resources, time, and staff) were unchanged. This compact, mostly virtual model of BH collaboration appears to be beneficial to PPCPs while also offering convenience to patients and affordability and scalability to the practice network.
PY - 2023
SN - 0009-9228
SP - 99228231164478
ST - Virtual Collaborative Behavioral Health Model in a Community Pediatric Network: Two-Year Outcomes
T1 - Virtual Collaborative Behavioral Health Model in a Community Pediatric Network: Two-Year Outcomes
T2 - Clin Pediatr (Phila)
TI - Virtual Collaborative Behavioral Health Model in a Community Pediatric Network: Two-Year Outcomes
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.1177/00099228231164478
VO - 0009-9228
Y1 - 2023
ER -