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www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/high-quality-behavioral-healthcare.html
December 01, 2022 - Views: Blog posts from AHRQ leaders
Addressing Today’s Steep Challenges of Providing High-Quality Behavioral … Behavioral health touches every healthcare field and presents itself in every setting. … We often think of behavioral health conditions as those showing flagrant symptoms of psychosis, mania … Because of the breadth of behavioral health conditions, it is essential to understand the context of … Finally, visibility challenges can make behavioral health conditions difficult to recognize.
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/obtain-behavioral-health-expertise-and-build-culture-integration
September 01, 2025 - The first step in obtaining behavioral health expertise is to determine the behavioral health functions … Determine the Role of the Behavioral Health Provider
Behavioral … Integrated behavioral health work differs from specialty behavioral health work in several ways: Physical … Characteristics of Behavioral Health Providers Who Might Work Well in a Medical Setting Behavioral health … Useful Resource(s) for hiring behavioral health providers
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effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/products/strategies-integrating-behavioral-health/protocol
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digital.ahrq.gov/ahrq-funded-projects/health-information-technology-support-clinical-decision-making-obesity-care/citation/characterization
January 01, 2023 - Characterization of childhood obesity and behavioral factors. … Characterization of childhood obesity and behavioral factors.
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integrationacademy.ahrq.gov/products/playbooks/behavioral-health-and-primary-care/implementing-plan/collect-and-use-data-quality-improvement
September 01, 2025 - Examples of data to collect for integrated behavioral health include: Operational Systems Data: Behavioral … Time to First Behavioral Health Appointment : Average wait time from referral to initial behavioral health … Behavioral Health Appointment No-Show Rate : Percentage of scheduled behavioral health appointments that … per behavioral health provider. … Revenue Generated by Behavioral Health Services : Financial income from integrated behavioral health
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January 01, 2025 - The Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care
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January 01, 2025 - The Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care
The Academy for Integrating Behavioral … Why is integrated behavioral health important? … Integrated medical-behavioral care compared with usual primary care for child and adolescent behavioral … Outcomes of integrated
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January 01, 2023 - HIT Plan for Region V Behavioral Health Care Providers
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January 01, 2024 - Healthcare: Integrated behavioral health can increase access to and use of behavioral health services … behavioral health involves "a practice team of primary care and behavioral health providers working … The scope of your integrated behavioral health services will depend on the types of behavioral health … Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) The PCBH model integrates behavioral health consultants directly … Integrated Medical-Behavioral Care Compared With Usual Primary Care for Child and Adolescent Behavioral
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www.ahrq.gov/cahps/surveys-guidance/mental-health/index.html
March 01, 2025 - Surveys
Many organizations are interested in assessing and improving patient experience with behavioral … was the result of a collaborative effort to evaluate and merge the original Consumer Assessment of Behavioral … The ECHO Survey has separate versions for Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and Managed Behavioral Health … To evaluate and monitor the quality of behavioral healthcare organizations. … Download the Managed Behavioral Health Care Organization (MBHO) Survey and Instructions (ZIP, 4 MB)
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www.ahrq.gov/ncepcr/building-community/index.html
December 01, 2023 - to answer community-based research questions to tools and guidance to clinicians on how to integrate behavioral … The Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care
The Academy for Integrating Behavioral … Behavioral Health integration is the care that results from a practice team of primary care and behavioral
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Primary Pathways: Paving the Way for Pediatric Behavioral … multi-payer alignment pilot to expand and support pediatric practices in caring for their patients' behavioral
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January 01, 2010 - Behavioral Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding - Recommendations and Rationale
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