Name
Enhanced Primary Care: A Model for Serving Individuals with SMI and SUD
Description

REACH Enhanced Primary Care (Recovery and Access to Comprehensive Health) is an academic primary care clinic located in Raleigh, NC serving individuals with serious mental illness and severe substance use disorders. This session will describe the core tenants of enhanced primary care and how the clinic has evolved over time now celebrating 10 years in existence. This clinic is a specialty primary care practice and will demonstrate evidence-based outcomes and various QI initiatives including those for physical health as well as social drivers of care.

Speakers
Michael Baca-Atlas MD, FASAM, Clinical Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, School of Medicine, Family Medicine, Raleigh, NC
Aimee Kresica MSW, LCSW,
Michael Baca-Atlas
Co-Authors
Beat Steiner, MD
Content Level
Intermediate
Tags
Complex Patient Care, Social determinants of health or SDoH, Team-based care
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Medicine
Objective 1
Describe the enhanced primary care model including all components that differ from usual primary care.
Objective 2
Understand the importance of addressing food insecurity in primary care for people with serious mental illness
Objective 3
Identify opportunities for collaborating with community partners to address food insecurity
Content Reference 1

Grove LR, Gertner AK, Swietek KE, et al. Effect of Enhanced Primary Care for People with Serious Mental Illness on Service Use and Screening. J Gen Intern Med. 2021;36(4):970-977. doi:10.1007/s11606-020-06429-2

Content Reference 2

Belson C, Sheitman B, Steiner B. The Effects of an Enhanced Primary Care Model for Patients with Serious Mental Illness on Emergency Department Utilization. Community Ment Health J. 2020;56(7):1311-1317. doi:10.1007/s10597-020-00645-0

Content Reference 3

Perrin J, Reimann B, Capobianco J, Wahrenberger JT, Sheitman BB, Steiner BD. A Model of Enhanced Primary Care for Patients with Severe Mental Illness. N C Med J. 2018;79(4):240-244. doi:10.18043/ncm.79.4.240

Content Reference 4

Steiner BD, Wahrenberger JT, Raney L. Providing Effective Primary Care for Patients with Serious Mental Illness: Additional Components to Enhance Practice. Community Ment Health J. 2020;56(4):592-596. doi:10.1007/s10597-019-00517-2

Content Reference 5

Compton MT, Ku BS. Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Living in a Food Desert among Individuals with Serious Mental Illnesses in Public Mental Health Clinics. Community Ment Health J. 2023;59(2):357-362. doi:10.1007/s10597-022-01013-w