Name
K10 - Successful Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration in a Large Health System and a Cautionary Tale
Date & Time
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Location Name
Presidio B
Description

This session will describe the successes and challenges of the creation, dissemination and implementation of integrated behavioral health services in the Military Health System over a 14-year period. The presenters will use C. J. Peek’s “Three World View” (Clinical, Operational and Financial) as a guiding platform for the presentation. Presenters will detail factors believed to be important in any health system or clinic start-up of integrated behavioral health services and provide guidance on potential pitfalls and how to anticipate and mitigate them.

Speakers
Christopher Hunter PhD, Co-Directory, C&C Hunter Consulting, San Diego, CA
Jeffrey Goodie PhD, ABPP, Professor, Uniformed Services University of the Health Science, Gaithersburg, MD
Christopher Hunter
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Sustainability, Workforce development
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
PCBH
Slideshow link
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Objective 1
Understand the Clinical, Operational, and Financial task that may be necessary to initiate, improve and sustain integrated primary care behavioral health services.
Objective 2
Understand the potential problems that can disrupt successful integrated primary care behavioral health services.
Objective 3
Understand potential mitigation strategies for factors interfering with successful integrated primary care behavioral health services.
Content Reference 1

Goodie, J. L., Hunter, C. L., & Dobmeyer, A. C. (2023). Optimizing and personalizing behavioral health care in the U. S. Department of Defense through primary care behavioral health. BMJ Military Health, 12:e002312, https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2022-002312

Content Reference 2

Dobmeyer, A. C., Hunter, C. L., Corso, M. L., Nielsen, M. K., Corso, K. A., Polizzi, N. C., & Earles, J. E. (2016). Primary care behavioral health provider training: Systematic development and implementation in a large medical system. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Setting, 23, 207-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10880-016-9464-9

Content Reference 3

Hunter, C. L., Goodie, J. L., Dobmeyer A. C., & Dorrance, K. A. (2014). Tipping points in the Department of Defense’s experience with psychologists in primary care. American Psychologist, 69, 388-398. doi:10.1037/a0035806