Applying the Integrated Care Approach: Core-Module 1

Module 1 - Lecture Slides

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This document provides an introduction to the collaborative care approach in healthcare. It highlights the importance of integrated care and the World Health Organization's definition of health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. The document emphasizes the challenge that psychiatric disorders pose and their impact on disability and mortality rates. It also mentions the role of unhealthy behaviors in driving healthcare costs and the need for better treatment adherence. <br /><br />The document discusses the current gaps in accessing mental health treatment and the need for a population health approach. It mentions the Affordable Care Act and its initiatives to improve outcomes, lower costs, and enhance the patient experience. The document then explores the limitations of traditional referral systems and the lack of available psychiatric resources.<br /><br />It introduces the concept of collaborative care, defining it as a specific type of integrated care based on the chronic care model. Collaborative care focuses on improving access to evidence-based mental health treatments for primary care patients. It highlights the principles of collaborative care, including patient-centered and team-based care, measurement-based treatment to target, population-based care, evidence-based practice, and accountability.<br /><br />The document presents different models of collaborative care, such as co-located care and behavioral health consultant models. It mentions the IMPACT study, which showed that collaborative care was more effective than usual care in treating depression and resulted in cost savings. It also discusses the growing evidence for the effectiveness of collaborative care for other mental health disorders.<br /><br />The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of working in a patient-centered care model and the benefits of interdisciplinary collaboration. It highlights the role of psychiatrists as educators and facilitators of effective treatment in primary care. It concludes by encouraging healthcare providers to consider the opportunities for growth and innovation in collaborative care and provides strategies for moving towards this approach.

Keywords

collaborative care

integrated care

psychiatric disorders

treatment adherence

mental health treatment

population health approach

Affordable Care Act

evidence-based practice

co-located care

interdisciplinary collaboration