by Peggie Bobo | Mar 27, 2024 | Case Studies, News, Peer-Reviewed Literature
New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that integrating mental health services into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) can improve access to and engagement in mental health care...
by Peggie Bobo | Mar 27, 2024 | Case Studies, News, Peer-Reviewed Literature, Thought Leadership
Abstract OBJECTIVE To examine the association of a comprehensive MH integration model with health care utilization, psychotropic medication use, and MH follow-up care among Medicaid-enrolled children at FQHCs. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS This...
by Peggie Bobo | Mar 27, 2024 | Thought Leadership
MENTAL HEALTH CARE is, like many industries, facing a workforce shortage, as clinicians flee the field in record numbers. But looming alongside that shortage is a second and equally troubling mental health crisis, one that threatens our nation’s...
by Peggie Bobo | Mar 27, 2024 | News
Good news! Chris Sheldrick, PhD, TEAM UP Evaluation Co-Director, will increase his efforts with TEAM UP as he expands his reach by joining the Department of Psychiatry at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Sheldrick’s work with the UMass team will focus on the...
by Peggie Bobo | Mar 27, 2024 | News
TEAM UP is excited to announce that Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE, TEAM UP’s Evaluation Co-Director, has been named Boston Medical Center’s (BMC) first Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Bair-Merritt will provide strategic leadership for BMC’s...
