The North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services works with partners to reduce the impact of behavioral health conditions in communities throughout the state. We review state-funded behavioral health initiatives that provide support to military personnel and their families, with special attention to public services and co-location efforts.

today, information technology services are considered as valuable resources in all areas. for making information technology management processes purposeful and efficient in different organizations – as a competitive and strategic advantage (especially in organizations responsible for health care services) – it is necessary to recognize the level of maturity of the organization and review its pr...

a Mental Health Services and Policy Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60611, USA b Mental Health Services and Policy Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 710 North Lake Shore Drive, Suite 90...

introduction: hospital portals, as the first virtual entry, play an important role in connecting people with hospital and also presenting hospital virtual services. the main purpose of this article was to suggest a conceptual model to improve tehran private hospital portals. the suggested model can be used by all the health portals that are in the same circumstances and all the health portals w...

i n troduction: users’ behavioral intention to use the picture archiving and communication system (pacs) is important in the systems’ success and is an indicator of the users’ satisfaction with commitment and dependence on information systems. the present study aimed to evaluate the users’ continuous intention to use pacs based on the expectation confirmation model in educational hospitals of s...

conclusions efforts to improve vaccination coverage should be taken into account regarding the differences in the factors that contribute to the incomplete vaccination status of children in the rural and urban areas. the current study findings indicate that vaccination services especially in the urban areas need to be reassessed to ensure that all children are covered. to develop and promote ch...

background : despite an increased need, residents of rural communities have decreased access to healthcare and often present unique healthcare challenges associated with their rurality. ensuring medical students receive adequate exposure to these issues is complicated by the urban location of most medical schools. health fairs (fairs) conducted in rural communities can provide students exposure...

BACKGROUND Co-located, collaborative care (CCC) is one component of VA's model of Integrated Primary Care that embeds behavioral health providers (BHPs) into primary care clinics to treat commonly occurring mental health concerns among Veterans. Key features of the CCC model include time-limited, brief treatments (up to 6 encounters of 30 minutes each) and emphasis on multi-dimensional function...