TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
DO  - 10.6083/kh04dq54w
DO  - DOI
AB  - 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.
AD  - Oregon Health and Science University
T1  - 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
ED  - McCracken, Kasey
ED  - Chair
DA  - 2023
AU  - Grant, Jennifer N.
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057/files/Grant.Jennifer.2023.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2023
ID  - 10057
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057/files/Grant.Jennifer.2023.pdf
KW  - Health Services Accessibility
KW  - Primary Health Care
KW  - Mental Health
KW  - Transitional Care
KW  - Patient Transfer
KW  - Veterans
KW  - Suicide
TI  - 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
Y1  - 2023
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057/files/Grant.Jennifer.2023.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057/files/Grant.Jennifer.2023.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/10057/files/Grant.Jennifer.2023.pdf
ER  -