The psychiatric collaborative care model (CoCM), better known as "collaborative care," is much more than just a synonym for well-rounded care or holistic treatment. Simply co-locating a licensed ...

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 ...

For years, mental healthcare and primary care were independent of each other. If you visited a primary healthcare provider with mental illness symptoms, they'd refer you to a mental healthcare ...

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 ...

COVID-19 has left in its wake a devastating rise in mental illness and an urgent need to meet the growing demands for treatment. Studies show that due to stigma and the shortage of mental health ...

Patients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

Often, if a patient tells their primary care doctor they are depressed, the doctor sends them away with a list of therapists who may or may not be taking new patients or accepting insurance. The ...

A four-year, $270 million agreement between the province and the organization that represents doctors will help ensure all New Brunswickers have a primary care provider and access to care within five ...