Web Platform to Integrate Behavioral Health

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Under this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project, Research Topic 155, the Contractor will create an integrated multi-module system of web software tools to aid in behavioral health screening, prevention, triage, and tracking in medical, school, and mental health settings.

Detailed Description
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Health care systems experience problems with lack of tools, lack of knowledge, process variation, and system fragmentation in addressing behavioral health. As an ongoing science-based process for improving care and lowering costs, robust increases in translational capability are needed to re-tool health delivery systems for behavioral health integration. A logic linking translational capability to behavioral health integration as an ongoing shared information process, founded on the core belief that enabling human action with new information technology tools can grow knowledge, is the most powerful way to solve problems and improve health care. Given these connected and interacting issues and obstacles, the Contractor has developed a solution strategy, building on four tiers of prior innovation and validation: The Behavioral Health Screen (BHS); BH-Works: the web software delivery of the BHS and new production features from Phase I; BH-Works Portal: new production software features from Phase I; and BH-Works Services: expertise and professional services to help primary care providers and healthcare systems integrate behavioral health into their organizations and workflows.

Official Title
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Web Platform to Integrate Behavioral Health

Conditions
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Integrating Behavioral Health

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Software


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Potential Mental Health issue Exclusion Criteria: Not Willing to be Screened for mental health issues
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Temple Physicians Incorporated<br>A community-based provider, operating 32 primary care sites | Other: Software<br>* multi-module system of web software tools<br>|
| WhiteBark<br>For profit entity created by the Indiana Rural Health Association | Other: Software<br>* multi-module system of web software tools<br>|
| Drexel Family Intervention Science<br>Academic center that developed and deployed Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT) assessment, treatment, and prevention models with an interest in adolescents struggling with substance abuse, depression, trauma, and suicidality. | Other: Software<br>* multi-module system of web software tools<br>|
| Bon Secours Health System<br>A primary care clinic in Baltimore that provides care services to a population in a lower socioeconomic status in downtown Baltimore. | Other: Software<br>* multi-module system of web software tools<br>|
| Howard University Hospital CARES<br>A project provides free outpatient medical, dental, mental health, nutrition and social services for HIV positive uninsured and underinsured residents of the District of Columbia. | Other: Software<br>* multi-module system of web software tools<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Increase Provider Integration | Increase collaboration between Primary Care Physician and mental health series. | 2 Years | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Increase Screening | Increase identification rates of adults with depression and substance abuse problems. | 2 Years | 
| Increase Referrals | Increase successful referrals to mental health services. | 2 Years | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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behavioral health, software, integration