Interprofessional Education: Transforming Care Through

Teamwork

Daniel Rivas, MD

Sea Mar Community Health Centers

Burien, WA

Outline

• Mental Health Integration Programs – MCBH

– Integration Specialist

• Maternity Support Programs– ICM/MSS/WIC

– High Risk OB meetings

• Patient-Centered Medical Home Model

• Benefits of Integration

• Challenges

Mental Health Integration Programs

• Integration Specialist

• Maternal Child Behavioral Health

MHIP Team

• Patient

• PCP

• Care Coordinator/Group Facilitator

• Therapist

• Consulting Psychiatrist

Mental Health Integration

Care Coordinatorand

Therapist

PCP Patient

ConsultingPsychiatrist

Primary Care (Sea Mar Community Health Center)

MCBH

• Screening

• Education

• Support

Maternity Programs

• Maternity Support Services

– RN

– Social Worker

– Infant Case Managers

– Doula (AmeriCorps)

• WIC

• High Risk OB Meetings

High Risk OB Meetings

• OB Providers• OB Coordinators /

Community Health Workers

• Maternity Support Services RN

• Social Worker• Maternal Child Behavioral

Health • Doula• Infant Case Managers

Patient-Centered Medical Home

• Team Approach– Care Coordinator

– Medical Assistant

– Integration Specialist

– Healthcare Provider

• Group Huddle

• Shared Workspace

Benefits of Integration

• Proximity

• Team Approach

• Multidisciplinary

• Collaboration

• Coordination

• Improved Patient Outcomes

Challenges

• Physical Space

• Cost

• Training

• Time

• Information Sharing

Email: DanielRivas@seamarchc.org

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