Name
A03 - Impacting Blood Pressure through Collaborative Care in Community Behavioral Health
Date & Time
Thursday, October 24, 2024, 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
Location Name
Bowie A
Description

This presentation provides a description of an interdisciplinary, collaborative care approach to improving blood pressure control for patients across service lines, including primary care, community psychiatric rehabilitation, and behavioral healthcare home services. The approach involves identification and communication of out-of-range blood pressure readings to the team, scheduling appointments across disciplines, and providing education to staff and patient. The goal was to intervene with sufficient frequency to get patients' blood pressure lower, and data from the PDSA cycle shows that at the 6 month follow up, 90% of patients showed a reduction in BP from baseline, with 17% falling within the normal range.

Paul Thomlinson Nancy Gongaware Katherine Friedebach
Co-Authors
Nancy Gongaware, MS, LPC
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Bidirectional, Collaborative Care Model of Integrated Care, Medical, Quality improvement programs
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
CoCM, Medical
Slideshow link
Objective 1
Describe a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to blood pressure management.
Objective 2
Explain the prevalence and impact of high blood pressure on health outcomes for those with serious mental illness.
Objective 3
Describe the results of a collaborative pilot project (PDSA) in a healthcare home setting with 6-month follow up.
Content Reference 1

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Content Reference 2

Bradford DW, Kim MM, Braxton LE, Marx CE, Butterfield M, Elbogen EB. Access to medical care among persons with psychotic and major affective disorders. Psychiatr Serv. 2008;59(8):847–52.

Content Reference 3

Morrato EH, Newcomer JW, Kamat S, Baser O, Harnett J, Cuffel B. Metabolic screening after the American Diabetes Association's consensus statement on antipsychotic drugs and diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2009;32(6): 1037–42.

Content Reference 4

Wells, R., Kite, B., Breckenridge, E. & Sunbury, T. (2018). Community Mental Health Center Integrated Care Outcomes. Psychiatric Quarterly, 89:969–982