Primary Care Behavioral Health Model Training: Telebehavioral Health Delivery Track
The Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) Training program equips healthcare teams with the knowledge and skills to deliver fully integrated, evidence-based care. At its core, the PCBH model recognizes the undeniable link between physical and behavioral health and brings behavioral health expertise directly into the medical home. With the addition of telehealth technology, this approach ensures patients can access high-quality, coordinated services regardless of location or resource barriers.
- Module 1 introduces the need for integrated behavioral health, highlighting how conditions like depression, anxiety, chronic pain, and sleep disorders impact medical outcomes. It explains how the PCBH model, enhanced by telehealth, provides a systematic and accessible solution by embedding behavioral health within primary care.
- Module 2 shifts focus to team effectiveness, emphasizing the importance of clear roles, cross-discipline collaboration, and strong communication processes. These elements are especially vital in telehealth-enabled PCBH, where providers may be working across different locations and systems.
- Module 3 centers on evidence-based brief interventions - the heart of PCBH - demonstrating how skill-based, immediately applicable strategies can be effectively delivered both in person and via telehealth to improve health and wellbeing.
Together, the three modules provide a comprehensive roadmap for implementing PCBH. Participants will understand the model’s rationale, learn how to build high-functioning integrated teams, and gain practical clinical skills that improve outcomes and advance the Triple Aim of better care, improved population health, and reduced costs.