Integrated Care

What is Integrated Care?

The care that results from a practice team of primary care and behavioral health clinicians and other staff working with patients and families, using a systematic and cost-effective approach to provide patient-centered care for a defined population.

Why Integrated Care?

Integration of physical health into behavioral health care:

Increases access to physical health care.
Improves health outcomes for patients with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

Increases access to physical health care.
Improves health outcomes for patients with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
Improves health behaviors such as compliance with treatment recommendations, exercise, and diet.
Reduces overall health care costs, thus representing the opportunity for shared savings for primary care practices.

Improves health behaviors such as compliance with treatment recommendations, exercise, and diet.
Reduces overall health care costs, thus representing the opportunity for shared savings for primary care practices.