Developing Emerging Leaders to Support Team-Based Primary Care

by Alexia Eslan | Aug 19, 2019

The Emerging Leaders program, developed as part of the larger The Primary Care Team Learning from Effective Ambulatory Practice (LEAP) initiative, aimed to accelerate the development of an interdisciplinary and diverse cohort of talented primary care staff involved in...

Team-Based Clinic Redesign of Opioid Medication Management in Primary Care

by Alexia Eslan | Aug 15, 2019

Six key elements of opioid medication management redesign in primary care have been previously identified. Parchman et al. examine the effect of implementing these Six Building Blocks on opioid-prescribing practices.

A Model for Advancing High Performance in PC and BH

by Stephen Suplita | Mar 27, 2019

To provide the best possible care to patients and thrive in new payment environments, community health centers (CHCs) and community behavioral health organizations (CBHOs)— two pillars of the safety net—are redesigning their workflows, infrastructure, and...

Integrated Models of Behavioral Health in Primary Care

by Stephen Suplita | Mar 27, 2019

This resource list highlights presentations, reports and case studies of effective integrated mdoels of behavioral health in primary care settings and overviews key takeways for success.

Case Studies of Addressing Social Determinants of Health

by Stephen Suplita | Mar 27, 2019

This 2018 AcademyHealth issue brief introduces four examples of state and local linkage of payment reform to addressing one or more social determinants of health. The cases include Burlington, VT (for homeless persons); Muskegon, MI; Cincinnati, OH (for pregnant women...