Provision of peer specialist services in VA patient aligned care teams: protocol for testing a cluster randomized implementation trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over 1100 Veterans work in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) as peer specialists (PSs). PSs are Veterans with formal training who provide support to other Veterans with similar diagnoses, primarily in mental health settings. A White House Executive Action mandated the pilot reassignment of VHA PSs from mental health to 25 primary care Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) in order to broaden the provision of wellness services that can address many chronic illnesses. An evaluation of this initiative was undertaken to assess the impact of outside assistance on the deployment of PS in PACT, as implementation support is often needed to prevent challenges commonly experienced when first deploying PSs in VHA settings. We present the protocol for this cluster-randomized hybr

SUBMITTER: Chinman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414325 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature