Integrated Care: A Comprehensive Guide for Effective Implementation

Are you struggling to implement an integrated care program in your healthcare organization? Look no further. Integrated Care: A Guide for Effective Implementation by Lori E. Raney provides a detailed, experience-based guide to help you navigate the complex process of integrating behavioral health into general medical settings or vice versa.

Benefits of Integrated Care

Integrated care offers numerous benefits, including:

• Better detection of illnesses
• Improvement in overall health outcomes
• A better patient care experience
• Flexibility in responding to policy and financial changes
• An emphasis on return on investment

A Comprehensive Resource

This book addresses the emerging framework of core principles for effective integrated care, reviews the latest research on implementation, and presents practice-based experience to serve as a guide. The authors, experts in their field, offer a three-part examination of the key components of an implementation strategy and explore the elements essential for success.

Overcoming Common Obstacles

Many efforts to implement an integrated care program fail due to misconceptions about the model. The authors dispel these myths by exploring successful implementation from every angle, including leadership, primary care, therapy, psychiatric provider, and policy perspectives.

Financial and Policy Considerations

The book provides in-depth coverage of finance and funding models, challenges to billing, and emerging payment models. With the adoption of codes for integrated care, healthcare leaders and providers can now overcome payment and regulatory barriers to implement a successful, patient-centered integrated care program.

A Call to Action

Don’t let impediments such as payment and regulatory barriers, lack of workforce training, and cultural differences hold you back. Integrated Care: A Guide for Effective Implementation is the ultimate resource to help you overcome these obstacles and implement a successful, patient-centered integrated care program.

About the Book:

Published by American Psychiatric Publishing on April 26, 2017, this book is available in English and features ISBN numbers 9781615370542 and 9781615371334.