Primary Care Behavioral Health Integration, A Case Example: Alcohol as a Vital Sign

Description

Panelists:  Drs. Andrew Bertagnolli, Thekla Ross and Stacey Sterling

Overview: The content of this webinar was derived from a published review of studies focusing on behavioral health integration in primary care and a large-scale alcohol screening and brief intervention study at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. This webinar will describe the pillars and pearls of primary care behavioral health integration as well as implementation strategies to effectively embed an evidence-based practice like alcohol screening and intervention in primary care.

Objectives:

1. Describe the primary care behavioral health model
2. Summarize the pillars and pearls of behavioral health integration
3. Provide evidenced based background for alcohol screening and intervention in primary care
4. Describe real world implementation tips and tools from published Alcohol as a Vital Sign study