@article{ETD,
      school = {D.N.P.},
      author = {Grant, Jennifer N.},
      url = {http://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057},
      title = {Increasing access to specialty mental health providers at  the Portland VA Medical Center by facilitating transfer of  stable patients back to primary care: a quality improvement  project},
      publisher = {Oregon Health and Science University},
      abstract = {Veterans receiving mental health care through the Veterans  Health Administration (VHA) increased by 90% between  2006-2019, and the demand for outpatient mental health  services is expected to rise by 32% over the next decade.  The veteran suicide rate is 1.5 times greater than the  civilian population, and lack of access to specialty mental  health (SMH) care has been identified as a contributing  factor. One way to improve access to SMH is by transferring  psychiatrically stable patients from SMH to primary care  (PC) for further management which will increase  availability in SMH provider schedules for patients with  acute mental health needs. The purpose of this project was  to increase SMH providers? ability to identify  transfer-eligible patients and improve communication  methods with PC to support the transfer of care.},
      number = {ETD},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6083/kh04dq54w},
      recid = {10057},
      address = {2023},
}