Patient Engagement February 22, 2018
Research showed that a model mirroring the patient-centered medical home can increase patient activation in mental and behavioral healthcare.
A behavioral health home model is an effective strategy for integrating mental and behavioral health into primary care services, according to a new initiative at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Center for High-Value Health Care. In doing so, medical home providers can enhance patient activation in their own physical and mental healthcare.
The initiative, which was discussed in a recent Health Affairs article, included two behavioral health medical home models. Built off the foundation of traditional patient-centered medical homes, these two models integrate the work of 11 community mental health providers in Pennsylvania. One model was patient self-directed and...
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