HITEQ Health Center Behavioral Health Integrator Badge
Health centers are increasing the integration of behavioral health in primary care, spurred by an increased focus on whole person care and additional funding. Effective use of health IT in conjunction with patient privacy and confidentiality is imperative to support behavioral health.

According to the Office of the National Coordinator, "Health information technology can help to improve behavioral health care and can further enable care coordination and integration, increase information sharing, and support prevention, treatment, and recovery activities. Access to and the exchange and use of behavioral health information as part of routine care can help to improve continuity in care services and support efforts toward achieving an interoperable health care system across the continuum."

Take some time to read through some of the articles on this page and then fill out the submission form on the right and you will be rewarded with a Health Center Incredible Behavioral Health Integrator badge! This is an official badge that is submitted by the HITEQ Center as a proof of completion to the blockchain. Your credentials can be added to profiles such as LinkedIn and verified through accreditation services such as Accredible and Open Badge.

https://hiteqcenter.org/Services/Badges-Self-paced-Learning/Behavioral-Health-Integrator

 

Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience

Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience

Takeaways for primary care safety net settings including federally qualified health centers and look-alikes. June 2022.

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Providers are burnt out and most expect it to get worse. Burnout is typically defined as a psychological response to job stressors characterized by emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a sense of ineffectiveness. Investigations of burnout in primary care have usually focused on factors associated with burnout among individual clinicians. But, it may be more useful to think about organizational-level burnout, which can shift the focus from individual responsibility to organizational solutions. This piece outlines organizational-level approaches to use address provider burden with health IT.
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Assessing Provider Satisfaction Assessing Provider Satisfaction

Assessing Provider Satisfaction

And how to design health IT interventions to improve satisfaction and reduce burden, January 2020

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Provider satisfaction is of critical importance for health centers to promote safety and workforce stability. A 2013 survey found that dissatisfied physicians were 2-3 times more likely to leave medical practice than their more satisfied colleagues. This may be unsurprising given that another recent study found that physicians spend almost half of their day on the EHR and desk work. Even during the patient visit, 37 percent of the time in the exam room is spent on these tasks. The increase in clerical and documentation burden related to EHR adoption was cited as a contributor to provider dissatisfaction. This resource puts forth several options for assessing provider satisfaction or burden, with a focus on health IT. Results of recent research as to the challenges that providers experience are outlined, and then several possible health IT interventions are profiled.

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Team as Treatment: Driving Improvement in Diabetes Team as Treatment: Driving Improvement in Diabetes

Team as Treatment: Driving Improvement in Diabetes

Team-Based Care Webinar Series

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This webinar shared evidence-based models that provide a framework for health centers to optimize the team in primary care. Experts described how utilization of extended team members and technology can reduce gaps in care for prediabetics and diabetics. With a focus on lifestyle and community based projects, this webinar highlighted the strategies and resources to improve the health and behaviors of patients at risk for diabetes and manage uncontrolled diabetes. Through early detection and providing diabetes management through a team-based care, health centers can help patients’ live long, healthy lives.

 

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Risk Stratification Approach Risk Stratification Approach

Risk Stratification Approach

Population Health Management Action Guide from NACHC

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Risk stratification enables providers to identify the right level of care and services for distinct subgroups of patients. It is the process of assigning a risk status to a patient and then using this information to direct care and improve overall health outcomes. NACHC's Action Guide lays out 4 steps to get you started with risk stratification as well as key related concepts and considerations. 

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Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience

Using Health IT and EHRs to Address the Burden Providers Experience

Providers are burnt out and most expect it to get worse. Burnout is typically defined as a psychological response to job stressors characterized by emotional exhaustion, detachment, and a sense of ineffectiveness. Investigations of burnout in primary care have usually focused on factors associated with burnout among individual clinicians. But, it may be more useful to think about organizational-level burnout, which can shift the focus from individual responsibility to organizational solutions. This piece outlines organizational-level approaches to use address provider burden with health IT.
Assessing Provider Satisfaction

Assessing Provider Satisfaction

Provider satisfaction is of critical importance for health centers to promote safety and workforce stability. A 2013 survey found that dissatisfied physicians were 2-3 times more likely to leave medical practice than their more satisfied colleagues. This may be unsurprising given that another recent study found that physicians spend almost half of their day on the EHR and desk work. Even during the patient visit, 37 percent of the time in the exam room is spent on these tasks. The increase in clerical and documentation burden related to EHR adoption was cited as a contributor to provider dissatisfaction. This resource puts forth several options for assessing provider satisfaction or burden, with a focus on health IT. Results of recent research as to the challenges that providers experience are outlined, and then several possible health IT interventions are profiled.

Team as Treatment: Driving Improvement in Diabetes

Team as Treatment: Driving Improvement in Diabetes

This webinar shared evidence-based models that provide a framework for health centers to optimize the team in primary care. Experts described how utilization of extended team members and technology can reduce gaps in care for prediabetics and diabetics. With a focus on lifestyle and community based projects, this webinar highlighted the strategies and resources to improve the health and behaviors of patients at risk for diabetes and manage uncontrolled diabetes. Through early detection and providing diabetes management through a team-based care, health centers can help patients’ live long, healthy lives.

 

Risk Stratification Approach

Risk Stratification Approach

Risk stratification enables providers to identify the right level of care and services for distinct subgroups of patients. It is the process of assigning a risk status to a patient and then using this information to direct care and improve overall health outcomes. NACHC's Action Guide lays out 4 steps to get you started with risk stratification as well as key related concepts and considerations. 

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