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21. Establish Protocols to Identify Patients Who Could Benefit From Integrated Care | The Academy
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    January 01, 2024 - Effective protocols for identifying and engaging patients can improve both cost and quality. … to identify patients include reviewing problem lists or schedules, health record data, patterns of utilization … Develop Workflows and Protocols to Reliably Identify and Engage Your Target Population Now that … Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and … Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and

22. Delivering Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in Primary Care: Environmental Scan (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2025 - Use of quantity limits, prior authorizations, and other utilization management methods also declined … with OUD was associated with a higher likelihood of short-term MOUD, reductions in short-term service utilization … and videos, and websites. … Facilitators and barriers to utilization of medications for opioid use disorder in primary care in South … Early Changes in Waivered Clinicians and Utilization of Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder After

23. Behavioral Health Apps in Primary Care | The Academy
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    July 01, 2024 - and Trauma- and stressor-related disorders. … The resource below provides key considerations for appropriate app utilization. … Ensuring Appropriate Quality, Access, and Utilization of Digital Therapeutics (PDF - 189 KB): Digital … Real-world reductions in healthcare resource utilization over 6 months in patients with substance use … Reduced healthcare resource utilization in patients with opioid use disorder in the 12 months after initiation

24. How Do IBH Practices & Functions Differ? | The Academy
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    July 01, 2024 - Health system indicators (other than screening) Demographic, registry, claims, utilization referral, … Protocols in place Standard ways to respond to patients identified via demographic, registry, claims, utilization … Wide and consistent collaborative engagement Ongoing and substantial collaboration between practice and … other processes are non-standard and vary with each clinician and clinical situation. … and prevents errors.

25. Leverage Technology for Integrated Behavioral Health | The Academy
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    January 01, 2024 - their primary care and behavioral health providers, and enable appointment scheduling and medication … patient monitoring and biometric and diagnostic testing devices) and software (e.g., short messaging … Commitment Therapy, and Behavioral Activation and deliver them in an accessible and convenient format … Utilization in Behavioral Health Settings Resource Grade Grade B This report discusses … the adoption and utilization of health information technology in integrated care models and the challenges

26. Approaches to Quality Improvement | The Academy
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    April 01, 2024 - confidence of clinicians and staff in their own operations and teamwork. … Select Measures and Determine How Data Will Be Collected and Analyzed Systematically tracking … engagement with external referrals, overdose rates, utilization of hospital services, impact of co-occurring … When selecting measures, programs should consider the time and resources needed to collect and analyze … Develop a plan to test the change, including who should be involved and how data will be collected and

27. Why Define Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH)? | The Academy
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    February 01, 2025 - in that formal language and structure, reviewed and approved by AHRQ, and posted to the Academy for … )…adapted to child and adult populations, small and large providers, rural and urban locations, and organizations … for measuring and implementing integrated service delivery for payers, and providers at the state and … and maintained. … crises, stress-related physical symptoms, and ineffective patterns of health-care utilization."

28. Stimulant Use Disorders and IBH | The Academy
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    February 01, 2025 - Reductions in stimulant cravings Longer retention in treatment Reductions in risky sexual behavior Higher utilization … Curriculum: Stimulants and their Impact on Brain and Behavior: Best Practices and Approaches for Effective … and Human Services: State and Community Efforts to Address Stimulant Use Substance Abuse and Mental … ), and staff from Westat for sharing their time and expertise to develop, improve, and publish this work … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief #271.

29. Executive Summary - Lexicon for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration Concepts and Definitions Developed by Expert Consensus (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Executive Summary - Lexicon for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration Concepts and Definitions … , and ineffective patterns of health care utilization. … And continuous quality improvement and measurement of effectiveness A. … ’s health and health care. … And continuous quality improvement and measurement of effectiveness A.

30. How Community Engagement Can Support Whole-Person Primary Care | The Academy
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    February 01, 2025 - patient-reported outcomes Improved clinical quality metrics Increased access to care Improved healthcare utilization … and improve patient health outcomes and health care utilization. … Cherokee Health Systems noticed that their internal data indicated a lower rate of prenatal care utilization … Association of team-based primary care with health care utilization and costs among chronically ill patients … Vermont's community-oriented all-payer medical home model reduces expenditures and utilization while

31. Pregnant & Postpartum Behavioral Health Integration | AHRQ
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    December 01, 2024 - Stigma and Fear Stigma and fear may keep pregnant and postpartum patients from seeking, initiating, and … Discuss fears and concerns openly and compassionately and as early as possible. … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Fast Stats. … Association of integrated team-based care with health care quality, utilization, and cost. … Medication for addiction treatment and postpartum health care utilization among pregnant persons with

32. Pregnant & Postpartum Behavioral Health Integration | AHRQ
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    December 01, 2024 - Stigma and Fear Stigma and fear may keep pregnant and postpartum patients from seeking, initiating, and … Discuss fears and concerns openly and compassionately and as early as possible. … Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Fast Stats. … Association of integrated team-based care with health care quality, utilization, and cost. … Medication for addiction treatment and postpartum health care utilization among pregnant persons with

33. Counseling and Other Psychosocial Supports | The Academy
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    January 01, 2025 - Ongoing communication, information sharing, and care coordination take place between medical and mental … MI requires providers to be supportive and empathic to help patients build confidence and optimism in … skills and coping strategies to manage cravings and high-risk situations. … , family and community education, and cultural competency. … How effective are remote and/or digital interventions as part of alcohol and drug treatment and recovery

34. Chronic Pain Management | The Academy
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    January 01, 2012 - As needed, they incorporate nonpharmacologic and complementary therapies into the treatment plan and … These instruments have strengths and weaknesses, and a single instrument may not be appropriate for use … to underestimate and undertreat pain and disability in women, older adults, minorities, low-income patients … hurt and harm. … abuse assessments and referrals.

35. NIAC & Project Team Bios | The Academy
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    June 01, 2022 - NIH, AHRQ, HRSA, and the RWJF. … addiction and psychiatric care. … and seasonal agricultural workers, and residents of public housing. … director of the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy and the ALACRITY Center for Health and … , and leadership topics in family medicine and psychology journals and organizations.

36. The Role of Low-Threshold Treatment for Patients with OUD in Primary Care | The Academy
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    February 01, 2025 - and address stigma and other barriers. … and support. … ), and Westat for sharing their time and expertise to develop, improve, and publish this work. … Integration of buprenorphine treatment with primary care: Comparative effectiveness on retention, utilization … , and cost.

37. Provider- and Practice-Level Competencies for Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care: A Literature Review (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - , and ineffective patterns of health care utilization (p. 9). … emotions, and motivation; and — Child and adult psychotropic medications, and their uses and common side … learning and improvement goals; and • Developing trusting relationships with patients, families, and … and systems. … and support; and organizational, leadership, and administrative support for integration.

38. General Operations | The Academy
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    August 01, 2024 - The practice understands relevant rules and regulations and has adapted policies and procedures to ensure … monitoring, and Web-based and mobile applications. 1 While telehealth is a promising and rapidly changing … follow all Federal and State laws and regulations related to ordering, storage, administration, and … records, reports, and inventories—21 CFR 1304.04 and 1304.11 Security—21 CFR 1301.71, 1301.75(b), and … and confidentiality regulations and to comply with them.

39. Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Definition | The Academy
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    January 01, 2025 - patterns of health care utilization. … Patient, provider, and population attitudes and behavior. … Patients and families are engaged in identifying their needs and goals for care and the kinds of services … and health care. … Documentation of dialogue on the goals of care and decision-making and why integrated care and a shared

40. Behavioral-Developmental Health Screening and Response for Adolescents (Ages 12-17) in Pediatric Primary Care | The Academy
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    July 01, 2025 - Following up with families to ensure resources are accessed. 9 Data utilization Designing data reports … Health care utilization by adolescents on medicaid: implications for delivering vaccines. … Rates of Mental Health Service Utilization by Children and Adolescents in Schools and Other Common Service … Utilization. … Increasing Access to and Utilization of Behavioral Health Care Through Integrated Primary Care.