American Academy of Nursing Designates Dr. Brenda Reiss-Brennan as “Edge Runner” for Bringing Mental Health to the Forefront of Primary Care
Edge Runners are an integral part of the Academy's Raise the Voice campaign, which promotes innovative, evidence-based health models that better serve patients at lower costs, and have measurable results.
"The Academy is proud to recognize Dr.
Dr. Reiss-Brennan's model trains primary care providers and clinic staff in mental health care and coordinated-team care concepts--taking into account the dynamic and complex conditions that contribute to a patient and their family's overall mental and physical health.
"Over the years, many patients were referred to me from local primary care physicians and nurse practitioners who were burdened with the rising mental health needs of their patients, and the growing black hole of community resources. There was a clear need for an integrated model that would address mental health care in communities," said Dr. Reiss-Brennan. "In working with local care-providers and community members, I developed a collaborative mental health integration model for patients and their families."
Since its inception, Dr. Reiss-Brennan's mental health integration (MHI) model has been implemented in over 90 of the 160 clinics operated by
Measurable results from the MHI model include:
• Patients with depression who are treated in MHI clinics are 54 percent less likely to have emergency room visits than patients with depression in non-MHI clinics.
• Patients with depression who are involved with one of the MHI clinics saw their health insurance claims decrease by
• Diabetic patients with depression have their diabetes in better control (53.1% vs. 47.5%) with MHI.
• Patients in MHI clinics reported improved overall functioning in their lives. Eighty-one percent of patients surveyed said they were hopeful they could get well or stay well.
More recently, Dr. Reiss-Brennan and her research team at Intermountain had the opportunity to measure the longitudinal impact of routinized MHI-Team Based Care (TBC) on clinical and financial outcomes and have quantified the value of integrating mental health as an organized team process within the context of primary care medical homes.
Through its Raise the Voice campaign, the Academy is mobilizing its fellows, health leaders and partner organizations to recognize nurses who are leading the way with new ideas to transform the health system and to ensure that they are heard.
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