TY - JOUR
T1 - Leveraging behavioral health expertise
T2 - Practices and potential of the project ECHO approach to virtually integrating care in underserved areas
AU - Hager, Brant
AU - Hasselberg, Michael
AU - Arzubi, Eric
AU - Betlinski, Jonathan
AU - Duncan, Mark
AU - Richman, Jennifer
AU - Raney, Lori E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American Psychiatric Association. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2018/4/1
Y1 - 2018/4/1
N2 - This column describes Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a teleconsultation, tele-education, telementoring model for enhancing primary care treatment of underserved patients with complex medical conditions. Numerous centers have adapted ECHO to support primary care treatment of behavioral health disorders. Preliminary evidence for behavioral health ECHO programs suggests positive impacts on providers, treatment planning, and emergency department costs. ECHO has the potential to improve access to effective and cost-effective behavioral health care by virtually integrating behavioral health knowledge and support in sites where specialty providers are not available. Patient-level outcomes research is critical.
AB - This column describes Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a teleconsultation, tele-education, telementoring model for enhancing primary care treatment of underserved patients with complex medical conditions. Numerous centers have adapted ECHO to support primary care treatment of behavioral health disorders. Preliminary evidence for behavioral health ECHO programs suggests positive impacts on providers, treatment planning, and emergency department costs. ECHO has the potential to improve access to effective and cost-effective behavioral health care by virtually integrating behavioral health knowledge and support in sites where specialty providers are not available. Patient-level outcomes research is critical.
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U2 - 10.1176/appi.ps.201700211
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.201700211
M3 - Article
C2 - 29446334
AN - SCOPUS:85044854949
SN - 1075-2730
VL - 69
SP - 366
EP - 369
JO - Psychiatric Services
JF - Psychiatric Services
IS - 4
ER -