Dr. Khatri describes the concepts of population care including measuring the health of the community instead of the individual, the triple aim, patient and family centered care, and value based payment models.
The integration of primary care into specialty mental health care (reverse integration) is discussed. Dr. McGrath also covers the SAMHSA four quadrant model, aimed at how to ensure full health care penetrance across each quadrant (high and low mental illness, high and low medical illness). The roles of the Behavioral Health Home and Certified Community […]
Dr. Corso discusses interfaces between primary and behavioral healthcare and the evolution of integrated care from Engel’s biopsychosocial model. The utility of integrated behavioral care is discussed in light of population health models, cultural norms, and healthcare accessibility and costs are covered along with the five formal models of integration: Primary care behavioral health, co-location, […]
Dr. Serrano describes the foundations of the current integrated care movement, including the development of common models and terminology. He describes the three primary integrated care models – the Impact Model, SBIRT, and the Behavioral Health Consultant Model, and tools to evaluate various types of integrated care models.
Achieving the Triple Aim – enhanced quality of care and patient experience, plus reduced cost of care: a foundational principle of integration. Dr. Corso describes the rationale for the Triple Aim in light of the problem of exploding costs with erosion of quality of care and patient satisfaction. Also covered are efforts to place patients […]
Dr. Khatri covers the role of psychologists in the primary care settings, population-based healthcare, and the four C’s of primary care (First Contact, Continuity of Care, Comprehensive Care, and Coordinated Care). She describes the pace of the primary care environment including warm handoffs from medical personnel and curbside consults with patients, and some of the […]