Virtual Collaborative Behavioral Health Model in a Community Pediatric Network : Two-Year Outcomes

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.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Clinical pediatrics - 62(2023), 11 vom: 22. Nov., Seite 1414-1425

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arora, Bhavana Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Margaret J [VerfasserIn]
Yousif, Christina [VerfasserIn]
Khacheryan, Araksi [VerfasserIn]
Walter, Heather J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
BH learning community
Behavioral health
Behavioral health education, pediatric primary care
Child adolescent psychiatry primary care
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Child psychiatry access programs
Electronic health record
Journal Article
Pediatric primary care practitioners
Quality improvement
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 04.10.2023

Date Revised 05.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/00099228231164478

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354931350