Our aim for the Levy Grand Rounds is to share the development and evaluation of Improving Care—Accelerating Recovery and Education (I-CARE), a novel, innovative mental health intervention developed through funding from the Levy Health Care Delivery Incubator. We will describe the rationale for addressing this urgent mental health need, our transdisciplinary team-based intervention development process, its pilot implementation, and preliminary outcomes.
Attendees will be able to
- Describe this task-sharing model of psychosocial intervention delivery during psychiatric boarding,
- Understand the intervention components contained in the treatment package, and
- Appraise the initial outcomes of this work.
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Meeting ID: 957 9201 1832
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Biographies
JoAnna Leyenaar, MD, PhD, MPH, is a pediatrician and health services researcher, her work is focused on improving the quality of healthcare provided to children, particularly those who are vulnerable and underserved. In her clinical role, Dr. Leyenaar works as a pediatric hospitalist and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. Dr. Leyenaar's main areas of research interest include: care coordination for children with chronic illnesses, urban-rural disparities in healthcare quality, hospital-to-home transitions, integration of mental and behavioral healthcare in pediatrics, and care of opioid-exposed infants. She is currently receiving funding from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of direct admission to hospital as an alternative to admission through emergency departments. In addition, she is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities to examine urban-rural disparities in healthcare access and outcomes for children with medical complexity. Dr. Leyenaar received her MD from McMaster University (Canada), her MPH from Harvard University, and her PhD from Tufts University.
Robert Brady, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Dr. Brady earned his doctorate from the University of Arkansas followed by a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in health services research and development at the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System. He serves as the Director of the Anxiety Disorders Service at Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Training Director of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Psychology Training Programs. His research program aims to improve access to evidence-based psychosocial interventions for common psychiatric disorders using effective implementation strategies and delivery system modifications, including training of entry-level providers to deliver psychosocial interventions.