April Health reports that the Collaborative Care Model effectively addresses the mental health gap in rural America by integrating behavioral health into primary care.

For many years, primary care providers had no direct or explicit mechanism to be reimbursed for services specifically provided to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries under the collaborative care model ...

Manual-based psychotherapy and family involvement are key components in reducing depressive symptoms in collaborative care for depression. Therapeutic treatment strategies showed the strongest ...

Modest spending on integrated mental health services in primary care, facilitated by use of new collaborative care billing codes, did not increase overall health care costs. Objectives: The ...

On February 5, 2015, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Roundtable on Population Health Improvement hosted a workshop to explore the relationship between public health and health care, including ...

Several factors contribute to provider burnout: ever-increasing administrative tasks, electronic medical record documentation, too little time per patient, as well as the needs of patients between ...

ThedaCare, a four hospital community health system based in Appleton, Wisc., is a leading healthcare delivery system and is nationally recognized for its continual process improvement efforts. The ...

President of the World Council of Optometry, Dr Cindy Tromans, spoke to OT about the theme of collaboration for World ...

In the midst of the perfect storm in senior care—complex patients, high expectations, tight budgets and limited infrastructure—the need for effective collaboration is more critical than ever. That ...

One of the most pressing challenges in today’s healthcare landscape is the growing demand for primary and specialized care amid persistent provider shortages. Independent nurse practitioners (NPs) ...