California’s UCLA Receives Award To Study Delivery Of Behavioral Health Services Using Telehealth

Circle Connections: Awards & Accreditations The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved a $1.6 million research award to the Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA to study the use of videoconferencing technology to deliver behavioral health services to pediatric patients in community primary care settings. Dr. Tumaini R. Coker, assistant professor of pediatrics at UCLA, will lead the research. The project will focus on the integration of developmental, behavioral, and mental health services into pediatric primary care using live videoconferencing technology. This study will examine whether using this telehealth technology can . . .