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Jackson Care Connect:满足会员的心理健康需求

- behavioral health
与人口稠密社区的居民相比,农村地区的居民在心理健康和获得行为健康护理方面可能面临独特的挑战:美国农村地区的抑郁症发病率较高,而获得心理健康护理服务的可能性却较低。农村地区居民的自杀率几乎是大城市居民的两倍——农村地区每100,000名居民中有20.5人自杀,而大城市每100,000名居民中仅有10.9人自杀。
与俄勒冈州其他社区一样,在Medford地区,因心理健康挑战而需要帮助的人数也有所增加。Jackson Care Connect(JCC)致力于满足这一需求,并专注于培养多年来在紧密联系的社区中建立的密切合作伙伴关系。
JCC采用三种策略帮助Medford及俄勒冈州南部周边地区的会员关注他们的心理健康。该组织以创新与合作为中心,满足会员的需求。
“推动我们工作的有三大重点。”JCC行为健康总监LPC Julia Jackson表示。
Jackson是这样描述这些重点的:
- 维持一个由多种类型的服务方组成的护理网络,帮助个人治愈心理健康或药物滥用问题
- 协调各组织之间的沟通,利用资金产生更大影响
- 增加为传统上得不到充分服务的会员提供行为健康服务的地区基金。
Birch Grove的桥接服务方
One example of this approach is Birch Grove Health Center, a nonprofit collaboration in Medford that CareOregon funds. La Clinica provides this health center, in partnership with Options of Southern Oregon, Columbia Care Services, ARC and On Track. Birch Grove serves a high-needs population of more than 1,300 members. It provides immediate primary care access while connecting individuals to behavioral health providers from partner agencies who also work in the center. The collaborative promotes a wellness-oriented approach and ensures continued access for those with more serious needs, while reducing overall costs.
进入PHLOW
Another JCC measure is funding the PHLOW Program at La Clinica. The goal is for members to be able to stay with their primary care provider and receive the appropriate level of care, while still having access to specialty acute services when necessary.
Jackson谈到:“这是一种非常创新的模式,它为初级保健医生提供了行为健康精神科咨询,使他们能够更有信心地为存在高危问题的人们服务。”
The details of the model were recently published in an American Psychological Association scientific report. The report describes how patients participating in the PHLOW program showed potential drops in anxiety and depression, coinciding with a reduction in mental health claims.
通过Big Pinky增加紧急住所
JCC还与药物滥用治疗服务方合作伙伴之一OnTrack Rogue Valley合作,资助改造Medford当地的一栋名为Sis Q Motel的建筑。这座粉红色的建筑有12个房间,被人们亲切地称为“Big Pinky”,开放后将为那些等待住院治疗的人提供紧急避难所。
从初级保健服务到紧急避难所,在合作伙伴的帮助下,JCC正在努力满足其会员在行为健康方面的需求。
“我们的合作伙伴反应迅速,并且富有创新精神。”Jackson表示,“我们力求为他们提供相应的支持,帮助他们发挥更大能量。”