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Process Improvement To Return Stabilized Behavioral Health Patients To Primary Care, Tessa Woodroof Apr 2022

Process Improvement To Return Stabilized Behavioral Health Patients To Primary Care, Tessa Woodroof

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Purpose: The purpose of this project is to increase the number of open patient appointments by implementing a validated process in which stabilized behavioral health patients are repatriated to primary care. Currently, there is an increased demand for behavioral health services and decreased supply of behavioral health clinicians at the Nashville Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).

Aims: This project aims to teach behavioral health providers how to identify appropriate patients and complete successful discharges while helping primary care providers integrate the repatriation process into their workflow. Without the proposed intervention, veterans initiating behavioral health services in the catchment area will …


Health Disparities: African American Mothers, Lauren Burton, Te'kari Greathouse, William Ruskey, Aelxis Stone Apr 2021

Health Disparities: African American Mothers, Lauren Burton, Te'kari Greathouse, William Ruskey, Aelxis Stone

Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference

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