Integrated care resources
Integrated care is a health care clinical model that incorporates evidence-based practices (EBPs) such as the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM).
Integrated care is a health care clinical model that incorporates evidence-based practices (EBPs) such as the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM). Implementing this model can lead to numerous positive outcomes, such as enhanced patient engagement in mental health, substance use disorder and physical health treatments across primary care and behavioral health settings.1
Integrated care aims to:
- Reduce the $406 billion annual costs incurred by people with behavioral comorbidities
- Create cost savings of $37.6–$67.8 billion annually by integrating medical and behavioral care2
- Reduce the high mortality rates within the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) population as compared to the general population, which can be 2–3.5 times higher3
Foundational trainings
Explore topics related to improving outcomes for patients who can benefit from a team-based approach between their behavioral health and primary care providers.
- Managing Members With Chronic Conditions
- Motivational Interviewing - A Clinical Approach to Behavioral Change
- Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care (Part One: Depression and Follow-Up After Higher Levels of Care)
- Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care-Part Two: Substance-use Disorders in Primary Care
- Behavioral Health Identification, Treatment and Referral in Primary Care-Part Three: Behavioral Health Treatment for Children and Adolescents
For more training, visit the Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions organization’s website.
Don’t see the training your organization needs or currently uses? Email us at nationalcollaborativecare@uhc.com to let us know.
1Evidence base for COCM. Evidence Base for CoCM | University of Washington AIMS Center. (n.d.). https://aims.uw.edu/collaborative-care/evidence-base-cocm.
2Melek, S.P., Norris, D.T., Paulus, J., Matthews, K., Weaver, A., Davenport, S. (2018). Potential economic impact of integrated medical-behavioral healthcare. Milliman Research Report, 1.
3de Mooij, L. D., Kikkert, M., Theunissen, J., Beekman, A. T. F., de Haan, L., Duurkoop, P. W. R. A., Van, H. L., & Dekker, J. J. M. (2019). Dying Too Soon: Excess Mortality in Severe Mental Illness. Frontiers in psychiatry, 10, 855. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00855