Sasha Zabelski is the Health Policy Fellow at AcademyHealth. Her research interests include studying ways to create equitable access to mental health resources for marginalized populations, organizational approaches to bettering mental health treatment and how behavioral health policy can close inequitable gaps in mental health care access. She has her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her M.S. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Southampton. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the Public Health Sciences program at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Authored by Sasha Zabelski, M.S.

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Consistent Implementation of Health Information Technology in Community Mental Health Care Needs Stronger Policymaker Support

Community mental health agencies consistently lag in the implementation of health information technology (IT) resulting in fewer opportunities for care coordination and data sharing. Federal and state policy approaches can improve the expansion of electronic health records and health IT connecting community mental health care to the rest of the health system.
Posted By Sasha Zabelski, M.S.
Topics Advocacy Quality Improvement Delivering Better Care
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Private Equity’s Move into Behavioral Health Care and What This Could Mean for Disparities in Access to Care

There has been an uptick in private equity firm investment in health care with recent attention being drawn to behavioral health services. Research on the impacts of commercialization of behavioral health is almost non-existent, leaving gaps in how this investment trend may affect access to care for communities of color.
Posted By Sasha Zabelski, M.S.
Topics Access to Care Health Equity