PCMH-Kids: Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative

  • 09 Jul 2019

On May 30th, the American Academy of Pediatrics RI Chapter hosted the final meeting for the PCMH Kids Adolescent Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Learning Collaborative at the Warren Alpert Medical School. This learning collaborative would not have been possible without the support and funding from Tufts Health Plan and the AAP Healthy Children Grant. Drs. Susan Duffy and Gregory Fox welcomed the attendees with opening remarks, and 10 practices in the PCMH Kids Behavioral Health Learning Collaborative kicked off the evening by presenting their progress, outcomes and key learnings on the  Adolescent SBIRT program. Confidentiality issues were a recurring theme of challenges encountered by the practices.
Keynote speaker, Rachel Boykan, a pediatric hospitalist and Associate Residency Director for the Stony Brook Pediatric Residency Program, presented on the topic of pediatric tobacco. Dr. Boykan also works closely with AAP to address smoking exposure in children and use of electronic cigarettes in teenagers. After dinner, the event continued with a panel featuring Therese Eckford, Esq., Associate General Counsel, Wendy Plante, PhD, Hasbro Children's Hospital/Alpert Medical School, and Jack Rusley, MDD, MHS. Discussion topics included:

Elizabeth A Samuels, MD, MPH MHS, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Brown Emergency Medicine, and Assistant Medical Director of Drug Overdose Prevention Program, RIDOH wrapped up the event with a presentation on Opioid Use Disorders in Adolescents and Young Adults.