Tuesday, April 29, 2025
4/29/2025
Bridges to Health and Wellness - The Bridges to Health and Wellness initiative aims to improve health for persons with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) by providing comprehensive integrated behavioral and physical healthcare services. Through this initiative, Mercy Life Center Corporation (MLCC) will leverage the role of peer wellness coaches to enhance outreach and self-management support at Pittsburgh Mercy Family Health Center, MLCC's integrated health home. Access to the health center will be enhanced via the expansion of open access scheduling and home and community visits by the care team to ensure persons served are able to receive care when they need it. The target population includes 2500 consumers in Southwestern Pennsylvania with SMI and complex, co-occurring chronic physical health conditions. It is expected that 625 consumers will be served annually, for a total of 2500 served over the course of the 4 year program. By leveraging the role of peer wellness coaches to engage consumers in self-management and improve care coordination across the continuum of care, and by enhancing access to integrated primary care services, MLCC will achieve the triple aim of improving health outcomes, improving healthcare delivery, and containing costs.
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