Southwest Behavioral & Health Services Case Study

My community clinical was at the Denver House Mental Health Association located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This is a day center for targeted for the people with mental illnesses and homeless, which opened in 2012 (mhaok.org). Many of the homeless population in Tulsa, Ok suffer from a mental illness. Due to the lack of resources in our community, those who suffer from a mental illness end up on the streets. The day center provides a safe warm place for the homeless and those with mental illnesses. They provide a stigma free welcoming environment were those feel welcome to come and interact with peers. The organization also has specific workers that help with finding shelter, apartments, and jobs. They also have a community closet for clothing that is open every Tuesday and Thursday. You must be 18 years old, be drug free while on premises, and follow basic rules to come to the Denver House.

Throughout the years public health efforts have evolved in order to meet health care need of populations. Despite advances the United States continues to have high morbidity rates of individuals with chronic illness. Adding to the rates, many Americans are suffering from mental health disorders. The issue caused many research studies to focus on integrating behavioral health and primary care in order to reduce health disparities in the nation. This paper will analyze how the integration of behavioral health in primary care facilities help serve the need of our population.

purchasing and implementing an entirely new EHR called EPIC. EPIC appears to be user friendly and able to seamlessly connect all of the facilities under the umbrella of their corporation.

South Metro Human Services is a community center is a non profit organization in Saint Paul Minnesota that has been established since 1987 but was founded a year earlier. (South Metro Human Services, 2015). This agency assists with treatment centers, job readiness, mental health counseling for children and adults, DBT(Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), CADI waiver program for adults and children. All these services assist the individuals that come to this community center with the tools to be effective in their community as well in their personal lives.

Thank you for reaching out to Dallas County Health and Human Services(DCHHS). In response to your inquiry, DCHHS is unaware of an increased incidence of Tuberculosis among Square Cottage residents. In the event as such, DCHHS would not disclose a specific location due to medical confidentiality and personal privacy reasons. Overall, DCHHS has shown that the number of annual TB cases have decreased by 37% from 1993 to 2015 in Dallas County. In regards to homelessness specifically, I can confirm the proportion of TB cases occurring in persons experiencing homelessness has increased since 2014. Please note, homeless individuals are disproportionately affected by Tuberculosis in Dallas County as well as the United States. In an effort

On Friday September 14th, 2017, I attended the Behavioral Health Integration Advisory Committee Meeting. The main purpose of this committee is to discuss Nebraska’s care plan on how to properly deal with behavioral health institutions and what policies should be implemented to behavioral health institutions in Nebraska. The selection of the committee is by election every 2 years. There are 14 voting members on the committee that are represented from all areas of behavioral health in Nebraska.

The reporting party (RP) disclosed that Taylor Trusheim DOB: 4/3/99 was brought into Sutter/Yuba Behavioral Health for a Triage appointment to assess for possible services. Prior to the appointment Taylor's mother La Vonne Bettencourt received a call from a family member who brought up an incident which occurred when she was 4 years old. The family member mentioned an incident where the child was molested by the daycare provider's husband Bret Baker. Subsequently the mother discussed the information with Taylor who confirmed the molestation. The confirmation alarmed the mother who recalled the last day the child was at the daycare. On that day after pick up 4 year old Taylor, the mother felt uneasy regarding an incident which occurred. According

Our country’s current economic crisis is drastically affecting not just individuals, but businesses and organizations as well, especially when it comes to those that are non-profit. Funding for necessary programs held by non-profit organizations, such as Moses Cone Behavioral Health, have been cut annually, making it more difficult for their institutions to prosper. Due to these substantial declines in donations and funds, local volunteers are needed now more than ever. I chose to volunteer at Moses Cone Behavioral Health Hospital to help combat this loss in funding.

I completed my participation observation on an outpatient behavioral health service agency called North Central Behavior Health Systems (NCBHS) that is located in LaSalle, Illinois. The reason why I chose the NCBHS agency center is because I have heard of the services the agency provides many individuals in the local region. I currently work in an inpatient behavioral health unit, in which the patients are discharged with a treatment plan that includes follow up appointments with outpatient service centers such as NCBHS. Since, many of the patients that are discharged from my current work unit follow up with NCBHS, I decided to further my knowledge on this outpatient service agency.

SFBHC is requesting a three year investment for an EHR system to improve our workflow, expenditures, quality of care and clinical outcomes. Through implementation of a comprehensive electronic health records system (EHR), SFBNH intends to streamline and standardize workflow between sites and specialties; implement quality improvement and operational efficiency programs made possible through data gathered through the system; maximize the integration of primary and behavioral health care; maximize revenue cycle through a fully integrated system; and automated report generation.11

Competent in various treatment modalities such as EMDR, Sand Tray, Play Therapy, DBT, REBT, and others utilized in trauma treatment.

A behavioral health professional (BHP) is responsible to use systemic therapeutic framework to conceptualize and manage family dynamics in a primary care setting. The BHP must review the contextual dynamic between the patient and family members. To address this, the BHP must utilize core traditional and behavioral health competencies to develop targeted systemic assessment and interventions for the family members and the patient. Target systemic assessment and interventions, relational management and systemic leadership can help the BHP acquire and understand family dynamic patterns and appropriate interventions for the care plan (McDaniel, Campbell, Hepworth and Lorenz, 2005; Robison and McDaniel, Doherty and Hepworth, 2014).

Dr. Woods: Weight: 209lbs ( 5 lbs. since 11/13/15) BMI 28.3, medical visits: 3 since seen in Behavior Clinic 11/13/15: 11/14/15  “cold sore” 11/22/15  rectal bleeding (had several ounces of viscous lidocaine), RX lidocaine oral 1 refill, 2/5/16 “chest cold” RX: Levaquin 500 qd x 14 days, cetirizine 10 gd x 30 days with 1 refill. “Dr. Richardson is very worried about his weight gain”. Discussed need for better choices of foods or at least addition of multivitamin daily (suggested 2 Flintstones daily) suggest positive reinforcement & allow redirection instead of refusal. Discussed that his BMI is not a true picture due to muscle & bone mass. I do not recommend more weight loss. Also suggested Vitamin D level. Dr. Mejer: Did well at dentist

Four Corners Community Behavioral Health (henceforth referred to as Four Corners) is a non-profit organization led by a board of trustees that consists of 12 members across 3 counties in the state of Utah. The mission of Four Corners is “to offer highly responsive and effective mental health and substance abuse services to the residents and communities of Carbon, Emery and Grand Counties” (Four Corners Community Behavioral Health, 2014).

Rosemont Center is located in Columbus, Ohio. It provides for the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being of troubled youth and their families. Rosemont is committed to helping children in need; it is dedicated to healing and renewing youths with a history of trouble and abuse. Rosemont provides the unconditional acceptance, treatment, counseling, education and hope that the youths urgently need to be more productive members of the community. Rosemont had two locations, Rosemont-Bay Saint Louis and Rosemont-Jackson (Swayne, Duncan & Ginter, 2008).