22. Integrated Behavioral Medicine

Question 1

3 Factors Driving Integrated Healthcare Movement

Answer 1

1. PCPs see ALOT of behavioral health conditions; and may are undx and untx
2. Cost of untreated behavioral health conditions is EXPENSIVE.
3. Majority of ppl dont follow up if referred.
4. US has poor health outcomes, compared to wealthy countries
5. Excessive healthcare expenditures
6. Policy changes
7. Helps us to look up and address healthcare disparities (URM, mentally ill, SES)
8. Help w provider burnout

Question 2

4 Benefits of Integrated Healthcare

Answer 2

1. Improved patient experience/outcomes/access to care and doctor satifdaction
2. Decreased health expenditures
3. Help with cultural competence

Question 3

What is Triple Aim?

Answer 3

Approach to optimize health system perforamce:

1. Improve pt experience of care (quality and satisfaction)
2. Improve health of populations
3. Decrease cost of healthcare

This decreases doctor burnout

Question 4

Quadruple Aim

Answer 4

1. Satisfied pts => satisfied docs => improved population health => reduce care costs

Question 5

What are the 4 competencies of Interpersonal Education Collaborative?

Answer 5

1. Work with other professiors to maintain mutual respect and shared calues
2. Address health of pts and promote/advance health of population
3. Work with family/other professionals to promote, prevent and treat diseae
4. Use teamwork to plan, deliver, eval population health programs and policies to make suire theyre safe, efficient

Question 6

4 things a BHC helps doc with

Answer 6

1. Substance misuse, chronic illness, mental health disorder
2. Improve communication between doc and patients
3. Assess, educate, brief intervention
4. Referral
5. warm hand off
6. help with chronic illiness,
7. Prevention and chronic pain management
8. Adhere to tx plan

Question 7

who is fully responsible for pt ?

Answer 7

PCP; fully responsible and has final say on making decisions