Collaborative Care

Collaborative Care

Collaborative Care is a healthcare philosophy and movement that has many names, models, and definitions. Common derivatives of the name collaborative care include: "Integrated Care", "Primary Care Behavioral Health", and "Shared Care".

Recently, there have been efforts to provide a methodology for defining a lexicon for collaborative care.[1]: http://www.ahrq.gov/research/collaborativecare/collabcare.pdf

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) published an overview of many different models and the research that supports them.[2] The key features of Collaborative Care models are:
-Integration of mental health professionals in primary care medical settings
-Close collaboration between mental health and medical/nursing providers
-Focus on treating the whole person and whole family.

The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association is a national association committed to advancing collaborative care.

References

  1. ^ Miller BF, Kessler R, Peek CJ, Kallenberg GA. A National Agenda for Research in Collaborative Care: Papers from the Collaborative Care Research Network Research Development Conference. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0067, June 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.
  2. ^ Butler M, Kane RL, McAlpine D, Kathol, RG, Fu SS, Hagedorn H, Wilt TJ. Integration of Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Primary Care No. 173 (Prepared by the Minnesota Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-02-0009.) AHRQ Publication No. 09-E003. Rockville, MD. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. October 2008.

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