Purpose, Policy, and Mission of the BHL

Purpose of the BHL

• The BHL serves to provide a clinical tool for primary care clinicians to:
• Triage patients into the appropriate level of care ranging from monitoring services and earlier interventions to specialty care.
• Provide a clinical assessment to assist in treatment planning.
• Provide ongoing interaction/integration between primary care and behavioral health.
• Provide monitoring of symptoms or follow-up assessments.

Policy and Mission of the BHL

• The BHL ensures easily available service to all clinicians in the system.
• The BHL makes certain that all referred patients are assessed in a timely manner.
• The BHL commits to reporting the outcome of assessment to PCCs in a timely manner.
• The BHL reports recommendations of treatment to PCCs according to assessment and/or contact with patients.
• The BHL encourages patient compliance with available mental health care.
• The BHL places patients in an appropriate and acceptable method of treatment according to their mental health needs.
• The BHL acts as a source of support and knowledge for the PCCs in regard to mental health issues.

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