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ForwardPCMH 2026 Behavioral Health Integration Sprint - Session #3 - JHF
Participants will explore strategies for integrating behavioral health services within primary care and discuss common challenges encountered during quality improvement efforts across PCMH practices. They will also share lessons learned from their first Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, examine preliminary results, and identify approaches for refining interventions and developing goals for the next phase of improvement work.
Agenda:
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Welcome & Presentation on the transition to the second PDSA cycle
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. – PCMH Sharing of Challenges and Potential Support
- Review pre-survey results on challenges and potential PCMH Learning Network support
- Discussion
9:45 p.m. – 10:15am – PCMH Panel Discussion: Moving from PDSA Cycle 1 to 2
- PCMH Representatives from: Berks Community Health Center
Prompts:
- Please describe your PCMH's goal and intervention(s) for the first PDSA cycle.
- Recognizing that this process is continuing, what are your preliminary findings to date? (Please share any quantitative results as well, if you have them.)
- Describe what your team has learned in this process and how it is driving your next steps.
- How will you apply what you have learned to date in forming this next PDSA cycle? What is your new/revised goal?
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Sprint Timeline, Next Steps & Evaluation
Target Audience
- Nurse
- Physician
- Social Worker
Learning Objectives
Describe strategies that are effective in integrating behavioral health within primary care.
Describe progress in planning quality improvement activities across participating PCMH practices.
Identify potential approaches to implement quality improvement interventions.
Additional Information
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Audience Disclosure slides (1.5)_15.pptx | 460.14 KB |
| Slides Session 3 BHI 9 June 2026.pptx | 5.37 MB |
 Slides Session 3 BHI 9 June 2026.pdf | 4.12 MB |
 Agenda_July 9_BHI PCMH Learning Network.docx | 58.1 KB |
Participants will explore strategies for integrating behavioral health services within primary care and discuss common challenges encountered during quality improvement efforts across PCMH practices. They will also share lessons learned from their first Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle, examine preliminary results, and identify approaches for refining interventions and developing goals for the next phase of improvement work.
Agenda:
9:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. – Welcome & Presentation on the transition to the second PDSA cycle
9:15 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. – PCMH Sharing of Challenges and Potential Support
- Review pre-survey results on challenges and potential PCMH Learning Network support
- Discussion
9:45 p.m. – 10:15am – PCMH Panel Discussion: Moving from PDSA Cycle 1 to 2
- PCMH Representatives from: Berks Community Health Center
Prompts:
- Please describe your PCMH's goal and intervention(s) for the first PDSA cycle.
- Recognizing that this process is continuing, what are your preliminary findings to date? (Please share any quantitative results as well, if you have them.)
- Describe what your team has learned in this process and how it is driving your next steps.
- How will you apply what you have learned to date in forming this next PDSA cycle? What is your new/revised goal?
10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.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 1.50 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