TY - JOUR
KW - Cooperative Behavior
KW - Cost Control
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Health Services/economics/organization & administration
KW - Organizational Case Studies
KW - Primary Health Care/economics/organization & administration
KW - Quality of Health Care
KW - Utah
AU - B. Reiss-Brennan
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: To describe the successful implementation of an evidence-based, integrated quality improvement mental health program in a primary care setting. SUMMARY: Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) has aligned resources around a conceptual framework that emphasizes clinic and community accountability, family and consumer health focused on recovery rather than disease, and enhanced decision making through partnerships and automation. The mental health integration system includes an integrated team led foremost by the patient and family with vital defined roles for primary care providers, care managers, psychiatrists, advanced practice registered nurses, support staff, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Pharmacists have assumed training functions on the team and have the potential to play more vital roles. CONCLUSION: The IHC experience demonstrates that mental health services can be effectively integrated into everyday practice in a primary care setting. Clinical and financial burden can be decreased for the health care team, patients, and family.
BT - Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP
C5 - Financing & Sustainability
CP - 2 Suppl
CY - United States
IS - 2 Suppl
JF - Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To describe the successful implementation of an evidence-based, integrated quality improvement mental health program in a primary care setting. SUMMARY: Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) has aligned resources around a conceptual framework that emphasizes clinic and community accountability, family and consumer health focused on recovery rather than disease, and enhanced decision making through partnerships and automation. The mental health integration system includes an integrated team led foremost by the patient and family with vital defined roles for primary care providers, care managers, psychiatrists, advanced practice registered nurses, support staff, and the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Pharmacists have assumed training functions on the team and have the potential to play more vital roles. CONCLUSION: The IHC experience demonstrates that mental health services can be effectively integrated into everyday practice in a primary care setting. Clinical and financial burden can be decreased for the health care team, patients, and family.
PP - United States
PY - 2006
SN - 1083-4087; 1083-4087
SP - 14
EP - 20
EP - 
T1 - Can mental health integration in a primary care setting improve quality and lower costs? A case study
T2 - Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP
TI - Can mental health integration in a primary care setting improve quality and lower costs? A case study
U1 - Financing & Sustainability
U2 - 16623603
VL - 12
VO - 1083-4087; 1083-4087
Y1 - 2006
ER -