scholarly journals Primary Care–Mental Health Integration in the VA: Shifting Mental Health Services for Common Mental Illnesses to Primary Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucinda B. Leung ◽  
Jean Yoon ◽  
José J. Escarce ◽  
Edward P. Post ◽  
Kenneth B. Wells ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Integration

scholarly journals VA Primary Care–Mental Health Integration: Patient Characteristics and Receipt of Mental Health Services, 2008–2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 1137-1141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Johnson-Lawrence ◽  
Kara Zivin ◽  
Benjamin R. Szymanski ◽  
Paul N. Pfeiffer ◽  
John F. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Patient Characteristics ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Integration

scholarly journals Improving medical residents’ utilisation of integrated mental health in primary care

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. e001388
Author(s):  
Jenna Palladino ◽  
Deirdra Frum-Vassallo ◽  
Joanne D Taylor ◽  
Victoria L Webb
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Medical Home ◽  
Medical Resident ◽  
Improvement Project ◽  
Mental Health Integration ◽  
Integrated Mental Health ◽  
Over Time

BackgroundIntegration of mental health services allows for improved prevention and management of chronic conditions within the primary care setting. This quality improvement project aimed to increase adherence to and functioning of an integrated care model within a patient-centred medical home. Specifically, the project focused on improving collaboration between Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) and the medical resident Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport,New York (VAMC Northport).MethodThe project used increased education, training and relationship building among the medical resident PACTs, and the establishment of regularly occurring integrated team meetings for medical and mental health providers. Education of residents was measured with a self-assessment pre-training and post-training, while utilisation was measured by the percentage of patients currently on a PACT’s panel with at least one PC-MHI encounter in the last 12 months (known in VAMC Northport as PACT-15 metric).ResultsTwo resident PACTs that received both training and weekly integrated meetings increased their utilisation of integrated mental health services by 3.8% and 4.5%, respectively. PACTs that participated in training only, with no regular meetings, showed an initial improvement in utilisation that declined over time.ConclusionsTraining alone appeared beneficial but insufficient for increased integration over time. The addition of a regularly occurring integrated weekly meeting may be a critical component of facilitating sustained mental health integration in a primary care medical home model.

The e-Mental Health Consultation Service: Providing Enhanced Primary-Care Mental Health Services Through Telemedicine

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Neufeld ◽  
Peter M. Yellowlees ◽  
Donald M. Hilty ◽  
Hattie Cobb ◽  
James A. Bourgeois
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Consultation ◽  
Consultation Service ◽  
Health Consultation ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health

No Technological Innovation Is a Panacea: A Case Series in Quality Improvement for Primary Care Mental Health Services

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 685-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah McCue Horwitz ◽  
Kimberly Eaton Hoagwood ◽  
Andrew Garner ◽  
Michael Macknin ◽  
Thomas Phelps ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Primary Care Mental Health
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