Lori Raney, MD, principal, Health Management Associates, provided a definition and examples of integrated care for physical and behavioral health, in addition to explaining the strengths of the ...

Integrated care – a coordinated approach that addresses patients' physical, mental and social health needs – has been shown to improve patient outcomes, reduce health care costs and address health ...

“Progress is happening, but unfortunately whenever we look around the world and people talk about integrated care, they can’t always point to best practice,” said Hassan Chaudhury, opening the session ...

In a healthcare system built on specialization, doctors often treat patients like a collection of symptoms rather than as whole people. A cardiologist manages blood pressure. A therapist addresses ...

Integrating behavioral health care with primary care improves pediatric outcomes, reducing PSC-17 scores, especially with behavioral health clinician encounters and psychotropic prescriptions.