[PC-BH-Integration] New project in New Orleans, LA

[Reardon, Elizabeth]

Where in Vermont are you, Becky?  Sorry to post this to the group, but you didn't include your email address
 
Liz
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From: pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com on behalf of Becky Gentes
Sent: Tue 8/12/2008 9:47 AM
To: pc-bh-integration at lists101.his.com
Subject: Re: [PC-BH-Integration] New project in New Orleans, LA


Dear Dr Pincus:
Wow! That's a HUGE grant...I am conducting a very small HHS planning grant in rural Vermont, developing a strategic plan for the sole Community Health Center and only Community Mental Health Center in the County to integrate services, ultimately implementing what is hoped to be a pilot for the State.  Your description of coordinating clinical operational and financial elements and aligning incentives are of great interest...reaping the benefits of validated work is of course the task at hand for our Steering Committee...can you direct me to website location/publications of your work with this project?
Thanks much,
Becky Gentes

	-----Original Message-----
	From: pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com [mailto:pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com]On Behalf Of Harold Pincus
	Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 10:49 AM
	To: 'pc-bh-integration at lists101.his.com'; Rodger S. Kessler
	Subject: Re: [PC-BH-Integration] New project in New Orleans, LA
	
	
	Rodger
	You are absolutely correct. That is why this initiative is "piggy-backed" onto a $100 million grant from HHS to stabilize and redesign the NO primary care system. These two efforts are designed so that clinical operational and financial elements are coordinated and incentives are aligned.
	 
	Best regards,
	 
	Harold
	 

	Harold Alan Pincus, M.D.
	Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives 
	Department of Psychiatry
	College of Physicians and Surgeons
	Associate Director
	Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research 
	Columbia University 
	Director of Quality and Outcomes Research, New York-Presbyterian Hospital 
	1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 09
	New York, NY 10032
	Phone: 212.543.5401 
	Fax: 212.543.6752
	Email: pincush at pi.cpmc.columbia.edu 
	 
	Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
	4570 Fifth Avenue, Suite 600
	Pittsburgh, PA 15213-1516
	 
	National Program Director, Health and Aging Policy Fellowship  
	  
	 
	 
	 



	>>> "Kessler, Rodger S." <Rodger.Kessler at vtmednet.org> 8/7/2008 9:53 AM >>>
	Best of luck with your efforts.
	An observation-
	There is ample research literature that suggests that consultation and training as primary interventions do not, by themselves, generate organizational change, impact provider behavior or influence patient outcomes. Similarly screening efforts as primary interventions enhance identification but just as often do not result in impact on provider practice or patient outcomes (see Gilbody et al, and Coyne).
	
	The practice reengineering literature is clear that to really affect patient outcomes, office systems reorganization with a focus on a specific structured intervention that meets clinical operational and financial dimensions of practice, that generates sustainable change (see Dietrich et al).. Just a thought. Rodger
	
	Rodger Kessler Ph.D. ABPP
	Research Assistant Professor
	Department of Family Medicine
	Center for Translational Science
	University of Vermont College of Medicine
	Berlin Family Health
	Fletcher Allen Healthcare
	
	-----Original Message-----
	From: pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com [mailto:pc-bh-integration-bounces at lists101.his.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Hoffpauir
	Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 6:00 PM
	To: pc-bh-integration at lists101.his.com
	Subject: [PC-BH-Integration] New project in New Orleans, LA
	
	Greetings,
	
	The Collaborative to Improve Behavioral Healthcare Access (C-IBHA)
	launched its inaugural event last week in New Orleans, LA with technical
	assistance provided by Dr. Harold Pincus and his colleagues, Drs. Steve
	Cole, Amy Kilbourne and Karen Scott Collins.
	
	Seventeen non-profit healthcare organizations in Greater New Orleans,
	including primary care, mental health and substance abuse providers,
	attended the two day event and are working on their plans to integrate
	behavioral health screenings and quality improvement measures in their
	practices.
	
	It is encouraging to be a part of your list serv and I look forward to
	sharing C-IBHA progress reports as we move forward.
	
	Best regards,
	Sarah
	
	Sarah Hoffpauir, LCSW-BACS
	Director
	Behavioral Health Inititives
	Louisiana Public Health Institute (LPHI)
	1515 Poydras, Suite 1200, New Orleans, LA 70112
	504-301-9800
	504-301-9801 fax
	www.lphi.org
	
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