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  Share the Care: Assessment of BH Specialist Roles and Tasks

  This is an example of a planning tool, to assess whether you have opportunities to better integrate your behavioral health specialist(s), based on what we saw in LEAP sites. Task distribution will vary from practice to practice, but the tool is in the discussion about roles and tasks that this worksheet can stimulate. There are blank rows that you can fill in with additional tasks that are important to caring for your patient population.

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  Behavioral Health Collaborative Compact

  See an example Behavioral Health Collaborative Compact, developed by one LEAP site to formalize collaborations with community behavioral health specialists to ensure the best care for patients.

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  Attribution: 

  Westminster Medical Clinic
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  Old Town Clinic: Case Study on Behavioral Health Integration

  Learn how one LEAP site, Old Town Clinic, integrated behavioral health by reading this case study. Old Town has several types of Behavioral Health specialists who help the team provide comprehensive care to their patient population, including Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners, licensed clinical social workers, and addictions counselors.  This case study was compiled by the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative.

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  Attribution: 

  Old Town Clinic
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  Psychiatric Consultant Job Description

  The AIMS Center website offers a job description and information about the Psychiatric consultant role, which can be filled by either a Psychiatrist or Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner.

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  Attribution: 

  AIMS Center: Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions
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  Pediatric Behavioral Health Consultant Job Description

  This is the job description used by one LEAP site for the pediatric Behavioral Health Consultant (BHC) role.

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  Attribution: 

  11th Street Family Health Services
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  Project ECHO

  Project ECHO (Extension for Community Health Outcomes) is a collaborative model of medical education and care management. It includes a recurring teleconference that joins primary care providers and behavioral health specialists to discuss cases and brief didactics to improve health outcomes for patients with complex illnesses. Learn how Community Health Centers, Inc. in Connecticut provides better care through collaboration with Project ECHO.

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  Attribution: 

  The Weitzman Institute