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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />November 20, 2013 <br />S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda & Abstracts\2014 Agenda & Abstracts/Jan Page 2 <br /> <br />V. Educational Session <br /> <br />A. YRBSS/Chapel Hill/Carrboro Schools Overview <br /> <br />Stephanie Willis, CHCCS Coordinator of Health Services & Programs presented <br />the survey highlights and some additional collaboration between the Health <br />Department and Chapel Hill/Carrboro City Schools. <br /> <br />Findings available at http://www.chccs.k12.nc.us/groups/health-services-and- <br />programs <br /> <br />VI. Educational Sessions <br />A. Panel: “Diverse Perspectives on the Need and Success of Integrative <br />Healthcare” <br /> <br />The 2011 Community Health Assessment identified Mental Health & Substance <br />Abuse as priority health areas to address. Accordingly, the Board of Health <br />included goals and action steps related to these priorities in their 2012-2014 <br />Strategic Plan. One goal was to explore how mental health and primary care <br />services can be integrated to increase access to mental health services. <br /> <br />This panel (listed below) began this exploration, and included a panel of experts <br />from across the state on integration. The main points from the panel included: <br />1. There is a lack of access to mental health services in our county, especially <br />for the under and uninsured <br />2. The current mental health system is confusing for patients and family <br />members to navigate – delaying or denying access to needed services <br />3. There exist a variety of models for integrating mental health and primary <br />care services, with true integration involving co-location of services <br />4. There may be significant resistance to integration from many facets, <br />including mental health care providers themselves <br /> <br />Panelists: <br />Dr. Drew Bridges, MD, DFAPA <br />Dr. Bridges represented two organizations, AccessCare of CCNC, where he serves as a <br />Network Psychiatrist, and the North Carolina Psychiatric Association where he has been <br />involved in an initiative to write guidelines for psychiatrists’ involvement in Accountable <br />Care Organizations, one of the structures that represent the future of integrated care. <br /> <br />Dr. Bridges has been involved in public systems of care for 35 years, 25 of them as a <br />psychiatrist in the Vance-Granville-Warren-Franklin Counties Area Program, and most <br />of those years as the Medical Director of that program. <br /> <br />Dr. Keith McCoy, MD <br />Dr. McCoy is an American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology certified psychiatrist. He <br />serves as Cardinal Innovations Healthcare Solutions Associate Medical Director and