Behavioral Health Reverse Integration: What Clinical Staff Need to Know

Event Start/Stop Date and Time

August 1, 2021 8:00 AM - September 1, 2026 8:00 AM EDT

Check-in Date and Time

August 1, 2021 8:00 AM EDT

Location

Northwest AHEC Online and Blended Learning
Your device, quiet location, reliable Internet

Event Description

The integration of behavioral health care into primary care is now widely considered an effective strategy for improving outcomes for patients with physical and behavioral health conditions. Reverse integration of primary care into behavioral healthcare is another form of integration that produces improved quality of care and patient outcomes. This online series will focus on the reverse integration process and provide details on how to implement this new model of care. Participants will learn the benefits of this model of care, how to use electronic health records (EHRs) to improve continuity of care in an integrated setting, how to integrate physical health assessments into EHRs, the financial aspects of integrated care, as well as other clinical and operational aspects of providing this model of care.

Objectives

1. Compare patient intake data necessary for Behavioral Health intake with that needed for Primary Care visits.
2. Choose appropriate language and setting (through a lens of health equity) to elicit information from patients to complete a primary care visit intake.
3. Identify functionality necessary to have within your electronic health record to accommodate integration of behavioral health and primary care patient needs.
4. Describe basic exam room set up and supplies, point of care labs and other services used in primary care.

Session Credits

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Presenter(s)

• Leslie McDowell, DNP, ANP-BC, RN

Session Details