Measuring Behavioral Health Integration in Primary Care Settings A team of researchers led by Rodger Kessler has developed the Vermont Integration Profile (VIP), “a set of standardized measures of integrated care processes to use in both practice… Posted 04/03/15
Access Community Health Centers, an AHRQ Service Delivery Innovation Access Community Health Centers is a federally qualified health center that provides integrated behavioral health and primary care services. With three integrated care clinics in Madison… Posted 03/19/15
National Quality Forum (NQF) Endorses Behavioral Measures Behavioral health disorders are a major public health problem in the United States. An estimated 26.4 percent of the U.S. population suffers from diagnosable mental disorders that are… Posted 03/19/15
NCBH Webinars on Key Research Questions for Suicide Prevention The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Research Prioritization Task Force (RPTF) published a Prioritized Research Agenda for Suicide Prevention: An Action Plan to Save… Posted 03/02/15
Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) New Research Opportunity Take a look at the following funding opportunity: Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural Health… Posted 03/02/15
Primary Care Teamwork and Electronic Health Records There is growing consensus that there is an increasing need for enhanced teamwork if primary care practices are to be efficient and effective. This study, Electronic health records and… Posted 03/02/15
Promising Findings Result from CMS Innovations in Advanced Primary Care Promising findings from two large-scale tests of advanced primary care: the Comprehensive Primary Care (CPC) initiative and the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice (MAPCP)… Posted 02/05/15
SUD Treatment in Primary Care: Sustainability and Policy Issues There has been little research in the literature in the last few years on treating substance use disorders (SUD) in an integrated behavioral health and primary care setting. A good deal… Posted 01/30/15
Health IT Literacy Guide Evaluation The (AHRQ) Health IT Portfolio offers more than 10,000 documents, presentations, articles, and tools to health information technology (IT) researchers, implementers, and policymakers… Posted 01/12/15
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project – Improving Outcomes for Children Having access to behavioral health care is essential to positive health outcomes for children. Primary care providers have the responsibility of identifying and treating behavioral… Posted 01/12/15
Serious Mental Illness: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care Review This report examined the evidence regarding the integration of behavioral health and primary care services for individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorder… Posted 01/12/15
New Research Opportunities Take a look at the following funding opportunities: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Primary and Behavioral Health Care Integration (PBHCI) Grant … Posted 01/12/15
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