Implementing COVID-19 Mitigation in the Community Mental Health Setting: March 2020 and Lessons Learned.
Community Ment Health J
; 57(1): 57-63, 2021 01.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1064539
ABSTRACT
In March 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, state-funded community mental health service programs (CMHSP) in Michigan, organized into 10 regions known as a "Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan" (PIHP), grappled with the task of developing a modified plan of operations, while complying with mitigation and social distancing guidelines. With the premise that psychiatric care is essential healthcare, a panel of physician and non-physician leaders representing Region 5, met and developed recommendations, and feedback iteratively, using an adaptive modified Delphi methodology. This facilitated the development of a service and patient prioritization document to triage and to deliver behavioral health services in 21 counties which comprised Region 5 PIHP. Our procedures were organized around the principles of mitigation and contingency management, like physical health service delivery paradigms. The purpose of this manuscript is to share region 5 PIHP's response; a process which has allowed continuity of care during these unprecedented times.
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Triage
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Telemedicine
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Community Mental Health Centers
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Community Mental Health Services
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COVID-19
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
North America
Language:
English
Journal:
Community Ment Health J
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10597-020-00677-6
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