FERTALY: Montana Access to Pediatric Psychiatry Network (MAPPNet)
Project Description:
Problem: Montana faces a critical shortage of pediatric mental health professionals, leaving mental healthcare for children and adolescents to primary care providers who do not have training to provide these services.
Goals and Objectives: Goal: To integrate behavioral health and pediatric primary care by developing and improving Montanas telehealth access program. Project Objectives: (A) Coordinate and connect psychiatric and mental health services across the state of Montana through a statewide provider network; (B) Enable primary care providers to conduct early identification, diagnosis, and treatment for children with behavioral health conditions; and (C) Increase the delivery of psychiatric and mental health services through telehealth care networks.
Methodology: MAPP-Net will meet pediatric psychiatry needs in every county in Montana by connecting pediatric psychiatrists to primary care providers across the state to provide expert consultation services via a toll-free access line, increasing primary care providers capacity to treat pediatric patients with mental illness through ongoing professional development delivered through Project ECHO, and supporting primary care providers in managing these patients through statewide grand round-style case discussions delivered through synchronous distance technology.
Keyword(s):
Mental health, Telehealth, Medical providers, Montana
Core Function(s):
Developing & Disseminating Information
Area of Emphasis
Child Care-Related Activities
Target Audience:
Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Adults with Disabilities, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN, General Public
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
