TY - JOUR
KW - integrated primary care
KW - Inter-professional collaboration
KW - Mixed Methods
AU - J. E. Kaitz
AU - S. Ray
A1 - 
AB - In recent years, the subject of integrated healthcare, including the integration of behavioral health services into primary care, within the healthcare field has been increasingly of interest to researchers, providers, and policy makers. However, little is known about the experiences of providers within integrated care and the impact of these experiences on inter-professional relationships and collaboration. The researchers aimed to explore differences in providers' perspectives, including inter-professional collaboration and overall job satisfaction, by provider type and level of integration. The current study uses a mixed method exploratory approach, gathering both qualitative and quantitative data to investigate the perspectives of providers (both psychologists and physicians) on their work together. This study included 30 psychologists and 30 primary care physicians from three levels of healthcare integration (traditional/coordinated, co-located, and integrated). As hypothesized, results indicated that providers in integrated settings were the most satisfied with their collaboration with other providers. Furthermore, the providers' narratives revealed promising insights which contribute to a broader understanding of how to improve the relationships between psychologists and primary care physicians in integrated healthcare and other settings.
AD - Department of Psychology, Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02108, USA. jkaitz@su.suffolk.edu.; Department of Psychology, Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02108, USA.
BT - Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings
C5 - Education & Workforce
CY - United States
DO - 10.1007/s10880-020-09733-5
JF - Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings
LA - eng
M1 - Journal Article
N2 - In recent years, the subject of integrated healthcare, including the integration of behavioral health services into primary care, within the healthcare field has been increasingly of interest to researchers, providers, and policy makers. However, little is known about the experiences of providers within integrated care and the impact of these experiences on inter-professional relationships and collaboration. The researchers aimed to explore differences in providers' perspectives, including inter-professional collaboration and overall job satisfaction, by provider type and level of integration. The current study uses a mixed method exploratory approach, gathering both qualitative and quantitative data to investigate the perspectives of providers (both psychologists and physicians) on their work together. This study included 30 psychologists and 30 primary care physicians from three levels of healthcare integration (traditional/coordinated, co-located, and integrated). As hypothesized, results indicated that providers in integrated settings were the most satisfied with their collaboration with other providers. Furthermore, the providers' narratives revealed promising insights which contribute to a broader understanding of how to improve the relationships between psychologists and primary care physicians in integrated healthcare and other settings.
PP - United States
PY - 2020
SN - 1573-3572; 1068-9583
T1 - Psychologist and Physician Inter-Professional Collaborative Experiences in Primary Care Integration
T2 - Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings
TI - Psychologist and Physician Inter-Professional Collaborative Experiences in Primary Care Integration
U1 - Education & Workforce
U2 - 32691192
U3 - 10.1007/s10880-020-09733-5
VO - 1573-3572; 1068-9583
Y1 - 2020
Y2 - Jul 20
ER -