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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Dec 22.
Published in final edited form as: Psychiatr Serv. 2017 Sep 1;68(10):990–993. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201700199

Table 1:

Costs of the CRANIUM Model

Process Task Staff member Salary/yr Salary/hr Hrs/task Total cost/mo Total cost/yr
Population-based care Create Patient Registry Admin Staff $74,310 $44.66 16 $714.52 $5,487.48
Population-based care Review Registry, Complete Lab Slips and Distribute Navigator $53,922 $32.41 4.58 $148.42 $1,139.88
Population-based care Receive Registry with Lab Slips, Make Appointments Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 4 $665.16 $5,108.40
Screening protocols Plan for Obtaining Labs Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 2 $332.58 $2,554.20
Screening protocols Plan for Obtaining Labs Case Manager $106,425 $63.96 2 $127.91 $982.44
Screening protocols Take Vitals Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 .25 $41.57 $1,041.36
Screening protocols Transport to Nurse for Vitals Case Manager $106,425 $63.96 .12 $135.59 $2,096.52
Screening protocols Take Vitals, Enter into EMR Nurse $214,269 $128.77 2.12 $272.99 $319.32
Screening protocols Evaluation of Patients who Need Labs Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 .25 $41.57 $319.32
Screening protocols Identify Patients needing Assistance to Lab Case Manager $106,425 $63.96 .5 $31.98 $245.64
Screening protocols Patient Taken to LabCorp Case Manager $106,425 $63.96 5 $319.79 $2,455.92
Screening protocols Patient Taken to LabCorp Navigator $53,922 $32.41 1 $32.41 $248.88
Population-based care Lab Results to Clinicians Admin Staff $74,310 $44.66 1 $44.66 $353.64
Population-based care Labs Entered into EMR Navigator $53,922 $32.41 1 $32.41 $248.88
Patient-centered team Evaluate Lab Results and Decide Further Action Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 .75 $124.72 $957.84
Patient-centered team Evaluate Lab Results and Decide Further Action PCP eConsultant $193,466 $116.27 .75 $87.20 $669.72
Patient-centered team Panel for Complex Patients Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 .5 $83.14 $310.80
Patient-centered team Panel for Complex Patients PCP eConsultant $193,466 $116.27 .5 $58.13 $303.12
Patient-centered team Panel for Complex Patients Case Manager $106,425 $63.96 .5 $31.98 $295.44
Treatment protocols Prescriptions for Patients Psychiatrist $276,705 $166.29 .167 $27.77 $295.44
TOTALS WITHOUT AUTOMATED REGISTRY 44.99 $3,354.48 $40,253.75
ESTIMATED TOTALS WITH AUTOMATED REGISTRY 28.99 $2,639.96 $31,679.52