Integrating physical and behavioral health: a major step toward population health management
Floyd, P.
Healthcare Financial Management Journal of the Healthcare Financial Management Association 70(1): 64-71
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 0735-0732 PMID: 26863837 Document Number: 686418
Healthcare provider organizations have a choice of five basic approaches to integrating behavioral health services with primary care services, on a continuum from minimally integrated to fully integrated: Cultivation of improved communication and collaboration between the two disciplines. Establishment of primary care as the primary behavioral health caregiver. Co-location of primary care and behavioral health services. Integration of behavioral health with primary care only for chronic disease management. Total integration of primary care and behavioral health.