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ForwardPCMH 2026 Behavioral Health Integration Sprint Session #2 - JHF
Members of the care team will learn about evidence based strategies for addressing behavioral health integration in primary care settings, with an emphasis on care team roles in supporting screening and follow-up. The session will also include peer-to-peer learning related to implementation of PDSA cycles for behavioral health improvements and guidance on PDSA implementation.
Agenda:
1:00 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. – Welcome
1:10 p.m. to 1:35: p.m. – – Speaker TBD: Optimizing engagement with integrated behavioral health teams in primary care, for depression and other health issues
1:35 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. – Sprint session participants share PDSAs
Questions include:
- Describe the PDSA cycle goal.
- Describe the specific intervention/approach and the steps the PCMH is taking to implement it.
- How will you know this intervention/approach has taken hold? (in other words, what changes do you expect to see and how are you measuring these?)
2:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Sprint Timeline, Next Steps & Evaluation
Target Audience
- Nurse
- Physician
- Social Worker
Learning Objectives
- Describe strategies that are effective in optimizing referral to and engagement with integrated behavioral health teams within primary care.
- Describe progress in planning quality improvement activities across participating PCMH practices.
- Identify potential approaches to implement quality improvement interventions.
Additional Information
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Members of the care team will learn about evidence based strategies for addressing behavioral health integration in primary care settings, with an emphasis on care team roles in supporting screening and follow-up. The session will also include peer-to-peer learning related to implementation of PDSA cycles for behavioral health improvements and guidance on PDSA implementation.
Agenda:
1:00 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. – Welcome
1:10 p.m. to 1:35: p.m. – – Speaker TBD: Optimizing engagement with integrated behavioral health teams in primary care, for depression and other health issues
1:35 p.m. to 2:20 p.m. – Sprint session participants share PDSAs
Questions include:
- Describe the PDSA cycle goal.
- Describe the specific intervention/approach and the steps the PCMH is taking to implement it.
- How will you know this intervention/approach has taken hold? (in other words, what changes do you expect to see and how are you measuring these?)
2:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. – Sprint Timeline, Next Steps & Evaluation
TBD
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the University of Pittsburgh and The Jewish Healthcare Foundation. The University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.50 continuing education credits.
Physician (CME)
The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.50 contact hours.
Social Work (ASWB)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Social Work Education activity is 1.5 contact hours.
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance