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Starting Lean health care External Link

Tools & Guides - October 13, 2016
AMA STEPSforward -

Module walking through common Lean methods to help you select the right ones for your practice. Includes six steps to help implement, answers to common questions, and case vignettes. 

Quality Improvement using Plan-Do-Study-Act External Link

Tools & Guides - October 13, 2016
AMA STEPSforward -

Module to help build a structured approach to quality improvement using Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycles. PDSA provides a strightforward approach to implementing change and continuing to make improvements.

Oral Health Integration Implementation Guide External Link

Tools & Guides - October 12, 2016
The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative -

Oral health is an essential component of comprehensive primary care. This Oral Health Delivery Framework presents a model for primary care to: screen for oral health issues, offer brief interventions, and coordinate structured referrals to dentistry as needed. The Safety Net Medical Home Initiative's Oral Health Integration Implementation Guide and Oral Health Delivery Framework can be accessed here.

Core Competencies for Behavioral Health Providers Working in Primary Care External Link

Articles & Reports - October 11, 2016
Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center -

Competence as a licensed behavioral health provider working in primary care refers to the knowledge, skills, and attitudes—and their interconnectedness—that allow an individual to perform the tasks and roles in that setting. This report outlines the eight core competencies for licensed behavioral health providers working in primary care that were established at the Colorado Consensus Conference in November, 2015.

Preparing the Workforce for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration External Link

Articles & Reports - October 11, 2016
Hall et al -

This article by Jennifer Hall, MPH, Deborah J. Cohen, PhD, Melinda Davis, PhD, Rose Gunn, MA, Alexander Blount, EdD, David A. Pollack, MD, William L. Miller, MD, MA, Corey Smith, PsyD, Nancy Valentine, RN, PhD, and Benjamin F. Miller, PsyD explores how organizations prepare clinicians to work together to integrate behavioral health and primary care, and how training capacity must grow to meet the demand.

Get Help to Perform Depression Screenings External Link

Tools & Guides - October 11, 2016
HealthInsight -

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all adults be screened for depression in primary care. HealthInsight worked with primary care practices and inpatient psychiatric facilities to improve behavioral health for older adults, and presented a four-part webinar series, designed to help clinics implement or improve behavioral health screening processes. The recordings can be found off this page.

"One Ring-a-dingy:" Small, Rural Practices' Response to Meeting PCPCH Must Pass Standard 1.C.0

Blog - September 30, 2016
Jill Boyd, MPH, CCRP

Not only did Sherman County Medical Clinic's District Administrator, Caitlin Blagg, worry about meeting Must Pass Measure 1.C.0, which states that PCPCHs must “provide continuous access to clinical advice by telephone” for Patient Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) recognition, she was also concerned about how meeting this measure would impact her already busy single provider and staff.

Mindfulness Training for Clinician and Organizational Vitality

Webinar  - 
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This webinar is designed to help educate all healthcare clinicians about mindfulness skills and resources available to them to deal with professional and personal changes in the workplace, their changing clinical roles, and the potential for burnout.  This is an experiential webinar offering participants first-hand practice with stress reduction strategies.

Q&A with PCPCH Program Staff

Webinar  - 
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 7:30am to 8:30am

If you joined us on October 3, then you got the inside scoop on what's changing in the PCPCH program, including the revised standards for PCPCH recognition in 2017. If you did not get a chance to attend the webinar on October 3, no problem!

Payment for Important Work Gets Approved External Link

Articles & Reports - September 26, 2016
American Psychiatric Association's Psychiatric News -

Psychiatrists have long wondered how they could get paid for doing important collaborative care work. Earlier this year, the AMA approved a set of CPT codes that allow primary care practices to bill for collaborative care. These codes cover the work of mental health care managers in primary care clinics and the important contributions of consulting psychiatrists to such collaborative care teams.

Behavioral Health Expert Interviews: Addiction Treatment in Primary Care

Expert Interview - September 26, 2016
Behavioral Health Expert Interview Videos share the wealth of knowledge from experts in different topic areas around Oregon. Through these videos, others can learn about these topics and access information to improve the overall health and well-being of their patients. This video features Brad Anderson, MD from Kaiser Permanente Northwest as he discusses addiction and substance use treatment in primary care.

The Burnout Prevention Matrix - TheHappyMD.com External Link

Tools & Guides - September 26, 2016
The Happy MD -

This page offers a free, downloadable copy of the Burnout Prevention Matrix Report, with more than 117 ways for doctors and organizations to prevent physician burnout. This websit offers other videos and information about combating physician burnout.

Burnout Self-Test External Link

Tools & Guides - September 26, 2016
Mind Tools -

This tool can help you check yourself for burnout. It helps you look at the way you feel about your job and your experiences at work, so that you can get a feel for whether you are at risk of burnout.