Name
PCBH in a Rural Health Center: Patient Perspectives
Date & Time
Friday, October 17, 2025, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Description
A Rural Health Center and family medicine residency clinic in West Virginia has been utilizing the PCBH model of integration since July 2021. The first annual PCBH/BHC patient satisfaction survey data will be presented on this poster (data currently being collected). Data analyzed and presented will reflect patient experiences with the BHC and PCBH team in their local Rural Health Center, and will include descriptive data and coded qualitative data.
Speakers
Samantha Deamer PsyD, Assistant Professor, West Virginia University SOM, Martinsburg, WV
Allison Love PsyD, Postdoctoral Fellow, West Virginia University SOM,
Alyssa Eversmeyer PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, WVU Medicine, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Samantha Deamer
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Patient-centered care or Patient perspectives, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Quality improvement programs
Session Type
Poster
SIG or Committee
Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Objective 1
Learn about patient perspectives of the BHC in a rural health care setting.
Objective 2
Describe patient-identified strategies to improve services.
Objective 3
Identify ways to improve PCBH/BHC effectiveness in rural health settings.
Content Reference 1
Spangler, P. T., Liu, J., & Hill, C. E. (2012). Consensual qualitative research for simple qualitative data: An introduction to CQR-M. In C. Hill (Ed.), Consensual qualitative research: A practice resource for investigating social science phenomena (pp. 269-283). American Psychological Association.
Content Reference 2
Reiter, J. T., Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C. L. (2018). The primary care behavioral health (PCBH) model: An overview and operational definition. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 25, 109-126.
Content Reference 3
Robinson, P. J., & Reiter, J. T. (2016). Behavioral consultation and primary care: A guide to integrating services (2nd ed.). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13954-8