The development and implementation of a preventive integrated behavioral health program in two academic pediatric continuity clinics.

The American: Academy of Pediatrics advocates for a preventive approach to children's mental health (MH) care and pediatric primary care providers (PCPs) are in a unique position to promote the emotional health of their patients, integrate systems for screening and assessment of MH conditions and provide MH intervention and ongoing clinical follow-up. Integration of a behavioral health service into pediatric primary care has the potential to increase the clinical confidence and MH competency of PCPs and improve patient health outcomes through increased access to and delivery of quality MH care in the primary care setting.

Method: This article describes the step-by-step process of developing and implementing a custom integrated behavioral health (IBH) program into two different academic pediatric primary care clinics located in New York, NY and Chicago, IL.

Integrating Universal Hepatitis C Screening Into Adolescent Well Visits Is a "Win-Win" Scenario: Rationale and Demonstration of Real-world Feasibility and Implementation.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing is recommended for all adults 18 years and older to increase identification of those with infection and facilitate prompt referral for curative antiviral therapy. While critical to promote elimination, this strategy excludes a key demographic group who are clearly at risk of undetected HCV infection and who could benefit from early treatment: adolescents. In this paper, we review the available data on the burden of HCV and the close association with injection drug use, discuss the rationale of universal testing in adolescents and, finally, present data from a quality improvement project implementing HCV testing into routine adolescent health visits.