Sacramento and North Rural E-Consult Coalition
Collaboration among Payers and Providers
Alyssa Spencer, PA, Wellspace Health, presents her patient’s story and how E-Consult improved her care experience.
Opportunities for Clinics
All clinics have access to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Portal, staffed by specialists from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland. To participate in this hybrid phone/e-consult program, register here.
Unique Aspects of the Coalition
- Payer collaboration to cover e-consult platform costs and specialist fees to make the service available to all providers and patients;
- Organizations working to resolve key issues and disseminate learnings to support program spread;
- Provider champion sharing of the benefits and value proposition of e-consult to facilitate use; and
- Shared tracking of progress and modeling of outcomes to sustain adoption.
- Opportunity for local specialists to engage in responding to primary care provider questions.
Join the Sac-North Rural E-Consult Coalition
- The next Coalition Roundtable will take place on September 29 from 12-1 PT and will feature a discussion on E-consult and Cardiolology. Register here.
- Meet us in-person at the E-Consult Workgroup Annual Meeting in Sacramento on November 9. Registration is free and open to all. Virtual attendance options are available.
- To join the SAC-NREC or learn more, contact econsultworkgroup@bluepathhealth.com.
Primary Care Provider Organization Role
- Commit to participate in monthly Coalition Roundtables
- Engage e-consult program team (clinician lead, referral or manager, and IT lead)
- The health system will not be charged a fee for the platform, services or implementation support
Program Materials
North Rural E-Consult Coalition Participants
- Ampla Health
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Barton Health
- California Health & Wellness
- CRIHB
- Chapa-De Indian Health
- ConferMED
- Eastern Plumas Health Center
- El Dorado Community Health Center
- Feather River Tribal Health
- Harmony Health
- Imperial Health Holdings
- Nivano Physicians Group
- Northern Valley Indian Health
- Oroville Hospital
- Peach Tree Healthcare
- Plumas District Hospital
- River City Medical Group
- Sierra Family Medical Clinic
- Wellspace Health
- Western Sierra Medical Clinic
Education Opportunities
View recent events:
- August 24 session focusing on E-Consult for Substance Use Disorder
- July 28 session focusing on E-Consult for Diabetes Care
- June 16 session on E-Consult Best Practices for Referral Team members
- May 17 session on session on E-Consult and Telehealth Tools in Response to Behavioral and Mental Health Needs
- April 20 Continuing Medical Education (CME) session on E-Consult Best Practices for Pediatrics
- March 25 education session on E-Consult for Women’s Health
- February 22 CME session on E-Consult for Behavioral and Mental Health
E-Consult and Telehealth Tools in Response to Behavioral and Mental Health Needs
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Autumn Boylan, DHCS; Alicia Pimentel, Anthem Blue Cross; and Petra Steinbuchel, MD, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, spoke to tools and programs supporting access to behavioral and mental health services.