TY - JOUR
AU - D. Nardi
A1 - 
AB - The Health and Wellness Center (HWC), located in Joliet, Illinois, is a nurse-managed universally accessible primary health care center funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The goals of the HWC are to improve access to quality primary health care services for all patients, including those who are uninsured and underserved, and to develop and implement a model of nurse-managed primary health care that integrates both physical and mental health assessment and treatment. After 5 years of developing and using this model, it is clear that integration requires strategic supports from the financial, political, and professional sectors to be considered a cost-effective model of health care delivery. Recommendations for policy and practice change are offered based on the author's experiences of providing integrated health care at the HWC and the health care industry's responses to uninsured or underinsured patients' needs.
BT - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
C5 - Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Policy
CP - 7
CY - United States
DO - https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20110609-02
IS - 7
JF - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
N2 - The Health and Wellness Center (HWC), located in Joliet, Illinois, is a nurse-managed universally accessible primary health care center funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. The goals of the HWC are to improve access to quality primary health care services for all patients, including those who are uninsured and underserved, and to develop and implement a model of nurse-managed primary health care that integrates both physical and mental health assessment and treatment. After 5 years of developing and using this model, it is clear that integration requires strategic supports from the financial, political, and professional sectors to be considered a cost-effective model of health care delivery. Recommendations for policy and practice change are offered based on the author's experiences of providing integrated health care at the HWC and the health care industry's responses to uninsured or underinsured patients' needs.
PB - SLACK Incorporated
PP - United States
PY - 2011
SN - 0279-3695; 0279-3695
SP - 28
EP - 34
EP - 
T1 - Integrated physical and mental health care at a nurse-managed clinic: Report from the trenches
T2 - Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services
TI - Integrated physical and mental health care at a nurse-managed clinic: Report from the trenches
U1 - Financing & Sustainability; Healthcare Policy
U2 - 21702428
U3 - https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20110609-02
VL - 49
VO - 0279-3695; 0279-3695
Y1 - 2011
ER -