Time and Organizational Cost for Facilitating Implementation of Primary Care Mental Health Integration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integrating mental health services into primary care settings is complex and challenging. Although facilitation strategies have successfully supported implementation of primary care mental health integration and other complex innovations, we know little about the time required or its cost.

Objective

To examine the time and organizational cost of facilitating implementation of primary care mental health integration.

Design

Descriptive analysis.

Participants

One expert external facilitator and two internal regional facilitators who helped healthcare system stakeholders, e.g., leaders, managers, clinicians, and non-clinical staff, implement primary care mental health integration at eight clinics.

Intervention

Implementation facilitation tailored

SUBMITTER: Ritchie MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7174254 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature