NEW COLLABORATIVE PRACTICES IN PRIMARY CARE: PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES TO PATIENTS AT RISK

Providing web-based mental health services to at-risk women

BACKGROUND We examined the feasibility of providing web-based mental health services, including synchronous internet video conferencing of an evidence-based support/education group, to at-risk women, specifically poor lone mothers. The objectives of this study were to: (i) adapt a face-to-face support/education group intervention to a web-based format for lone mothers, and (ii) evaluate lone mo...

Specialist physicians providing primary care services in Colorado.

BACKGROUND There is general consensus that the size of the US physician workforce now exceeds the health care needs of the American public. There is a greater proportion of specialists than primary care physicians, a specialty mix different from that of most other developed countries. METHODS The Colorado Board of Medical Examiners sent a one-page questionnaire to all physicians licensed to p...

Mental health care at the Providence VA Medical Center: providing integrated comprehensive mental health services.

Though mental health care has always been a core element of the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system, in recent years mental health care has received greatly increased attention, support and resources from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). TheVHA’s 2004 Comprehensive Mental Health Strategic Plan (MHSP) included over 200 initiatives designed to enhance mental health care and integrat...

Providing HIV/TB Care At The Primary Health Care Level

Challenges of Payment System to Primary Health Care Providers in Iranian Comprehensive Health Centers

Background and purpose: The primary health care program for the suburbs is being implemented in Iran after the Health Transformation Plan where services are delivered with the priority of outsourcing and purchasing services from non-governmental sectors. In this program, different payment methods have been used. This study aimed at addressing the challenges associated with payments made to urba...