The role of mental and behavioral health in the application of the patient-centered medical home in the Department of Veterans Affairs

Psychometric assessment of the Primary Care Behavioral Health Provider Adherence Questionnaire (PPAQ)

“…One example is the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) program within the Veterans Healthcare Administration [3][4][5] which consists of co-located, collaborative care (CCC) and care management. CCC embeds behavioral health providers (BHPs) within primary care clinics to support the primary care team in the identification and treatment of common behavioral and psychiatric conditions [6]. BHPs provide functional assessments, brief interventions, and referral to specialty mental health services [5].…”

Improving medication-related outcomes for patients with psychiatric and neurologic disorders: Value of psychiatric pharmacists as part of the health care team

“…DOI: 10.9740/mhc.2015.01.001In 2007, the Veterans Health Administration began a joint initiative between the Veterans Affairs (VA) Offices of Mental Health Services and Primary Care Services. The goal was to integrate evidence-based mental health services into the primary care setting under the Patient Aligned Care Team model 107. This initiative focused on the 7 foundational principles of (1) creating patient-driven services;(2)offering team-based care; (3) increasing the efficiency of care; (4) providing comprehensive care, including access to specialists; (5) developing continuous service across time; (6) improving communication; and…”

Re-designing primary care: Implementation of patient-aligned care teams

“…This training was a six-week training to provide the core teams with the information they needed to spearhead the clinical transformation and disseminate information about the initiative through local training. 13 Although local training was arranged and conducted, there was some residual confusion about what the focus of the initiative was, how the roles were defined within the new model, and what practice changes needed to occur. As a result of this, in mid-late 2010 VA sponsored 3-day Learning Collaborative conferences, which provided centralized training on the initiative for PACT members (local leaders: Chief of Staff, unit-level managers; teamlets: MD, RN, LPN, and medical clerk; extended PACT members: psychologists, social workers, dieticians, therapists, etc.).…”