BHI Overcoming Obstacles: Implementation Strategies for Virtual Behavioral Health Integration
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In this installment of the BHI Overcoming Obstacles series, experts explore how physician practices can virtually support the behavioral health of their patients.
Speakers:
• Jay Shore, MD, MPH–Director of telemedicine, medical director, Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Frank Degruy, MD, MSFM–Director of primary care outreach and research, Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Barry Sarvet, MD–Medical director, Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program and professor/chair of psychiatry at University of Massachusetts-Baystate
• Brenda Anders Pring, MD–Atrius Health, chief of pediatric urgent care (Kenmore), pediatrician at Atrius Health (Copley), lecturer at Harvard Medical School
Moderator:
• David Leszkowitz, DO–Medical director of outpatient addiction services, Department Chair of Family Medicine, Pontiac General Hospital Pontiac, MI; medical director of inpatient addiction services adult substance and detox facility, Connor Creek Life Solutions in Detroit, MI; addictionologist, Western Wayne Family Health Centers (FQHCC)
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:46 Introduction of the Speakers
5:28 Implementation Strategies for Virtual Behavioral Health Integration
14:55 Keys for Successful Implementation Into Primary Care
20:04 Hybrid Care
26:24 Common Pitfalls
31:51 Preconditions for Success
33:10 Telepsychiatry Resources & Toolkits
33:45 Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP)
47:35 Primary Care Physician Experience with MCPAP
54:03 What are some challenges with telemedicine in pediatric practices?
Presented by the Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) Collaborative, this webinar series will enable physicians to sustain a collaborative, integrated, whole-person, and equitable approach to physical and behavioral health care in their practices during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
► Full transcript: https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/sustainability/behavioral-health-integration-webinar-series-virtual-bhi