Innovating the Pursuit of Healing: JG presents at CFHA for third consecutive year

by Kristal Jones | Jan 26, 2025 | Behavioral Health

For the third consecutive year, JG Research attended and presented at the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) conference. The 2024 conference, held in San Antonio, TX, provided our team with valuable insights into the current landscape of integrated...

JG evaluates the effectiveness of Concert Health’s Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)

by Kristal Jones | Feb 26, 2024 | Behavioral Health

As mental health concerns have been exacerbated for children and adolescents in the United States by the COVID 19 pandemic, it is more important than ever to expand access to healthcare services. Concert Health launched the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) which is...

An Update on the Integrated Behavioral Health Data Dashboard

by Kristal Jones | Nov 21, 2023 | Behavioral Health

In 2021 JG was contracted by the Montana Healthcare Foundation (MHCF) to provide technical assistance to sites and to create a data dashboard that supports the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Initiative grantee data collection, reporting, and analysis. MHCF is...

Montana as Trailblazer for Using Contingency Management (CM) for Stimulant Use Disorder Treatment

by Kristal Jones | Jul 9, 2023 | Behavioral Health, Substance Use Disorders

In 2021 the state of Montana put together a program to expand the state’s capacity for and access to treatment for stimulant use disorders (stimUD). This program, known as The Treatment of Users of Stimulants or TRUST program, provides expanded access to treatment and...

Understanding the experience of Montana’s peer support specialists: recruitment, retention and recommendations

by Kristal Jones | Apr 29, 2022 | Behavioral Health

In 2017 the Montana Board of Behavioral Health began certifying peer support specialists to use their personal experience with behavioral health disorders to work one on one with individuals currently diagnosed with behavioral health disorders. This position of...

Montana organizations investing innovative programs to support pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders

by Kristal Jones | Jan 21, 2022 | Behavioral Health, State Opioid Response, Substance Use Disorders

Unmet behavioral health needs of pregnant and pospartum women impact the health and wellbeing of women and their families, and there are many organizations working across the state of Montana to draw on evidence-based approaches to addressing these needs. In December...