Category: Behavioral Health
State helps fund Christiana Care mental health pilot
The Christiana Care Value Institute will monitor the pilot program for cost-effectiveness as well as positive health outcomes. Read article here: State helps fund Christiana Care mental health pilot
LGBTQ News
Mental Health news – Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Often Begins at Home, With Devastating Consequences Featuring the Value Institute’s Dr. Justin Glasgow. By HealthCast on November 15, 2018
Current Issues in Addiction Medicine: 6th Annual Addiction Medicine Symposium
6th Annual Addiction Medicine Symposium Current Issues in Addiction Medicine: Pain, Medication Assisted Treatment & Emerging Issues Tuesday, September 25, 2018 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. University of Delaware, John M. Clayton Hall 100 David Hollowell Drive, Newark, Delaware 19716 This year’s Addiction Medicine Symposium is designed for a wide audience of professionals who interact with […]
Fear, Vulnerability, and Sacrifice as Factors in ED Use: Ethnographic Research Methods and their Insights
Ethnographic research and social analyses in healthcare settings have long been valued, however their use is not widespread. Qualitative research about patient-centered care makes patients the experts, and providers, policy makers and administrators the students. In this presentation, I discuss a 2015 case study of a 51-year-old low-income Philadelphia man who had two ED visits […]
Maternal and Infant Behavioral Health and Nutrition: Incentives and Mobile Technology in Community Settings
Health incentives have been one of the most effective, yet controversial approaches in public health behavioral interventions. This presentation will introduce the general knowledge of health incentives and address common critiques related to the use of incentives for maternal and infant health and nutrition behavioral change. Yukiko Washio is a maternal and infant health researcher, […]
Cognitive Assessment and Aging Physicians: Are Patients or Doctors the Ones at Risk?
The aging of our physician workforce presents a new concern for both workers and patients. Cognitive changes associated with aging can impact clinician performance. In some cases, cognitive aging progresses beyond acceptable age-associated changes into the realm of pathological aging with clinically significant performance consequences. This presentation will describe normative cognitive aging and how this […]