This session will focus on models of integrated behavioral health care with emphasis on the Primary Care model. Speakers will present the importance of communication with the primary care team and communication strategies such as warm hand-offs and hallway consultations. The benefits of utilizing these strategies will be highlighted as ways to promote collaboration, increase attendance rates for patients, and provide the type and brevity of communication needed in a busy primary care clinic.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify core features of interprofessional collaborative care models and the primary care models of integrated care with a focus on behavioral health
• Describe considerations for selecting an integrated care model that best suits the clinic/organization
• Describe elements of formal and in-formal communication and collaboration amongst the primary care team related to both models of integrated care

Target Audience:

• Behavioral Health Providers
• Primary Care Providers
• Nurses

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