A group of national thought leaders participated in a summit meeting to kick off development of a roadmap for patient-centered integrated mental health solutions in the era of health care reform.
Summit Meeting
The two day Summit held on May 2-3, 2011 began development of a roadmap for insuring all Americans have access to patient-centered, evidence-based integrated mental health care in the context of a patient-centered medical home (PCMH). Summit participants included policy makers, funders, national experts, leaders of health plans and health care organizations, and researchers. Meeting participants:
- Examined the state of the art of Patient-Centered Medical Homes and Integrated Mental Health programs
- Reviewed examples of transformational change, taking evidence-based programs from research to clinical practice
- Discussed opportunities to advance integrated care programs in the context of Health Care Reform and the Medical Home
The meeting was hosted by the AIMS Center and co-hosted by Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA, Director of the AIMS Center, and Ed Wagner, MD, MPH, MACP, Director of the MacColl Institute for Healthcare Innovation and creator of the Chronic Care Model. In addition to hosting the summit meeting, the AIMS Center is supporting the work groups for one year following the meeting while they work on the action plans identified during the summit meeting.
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Work Groups
At the Summit Meeting work groups focused on specific topics and developed action plans that will advance integrated mental health care over the next 12-24 months.
Other Integrated Care Efforts
The AIMS Center is one of several organizations and groups working to advance integrated behavioral health in a wide range of clinical settings and for diverse patient populations. These efforts all share a larger goal of promoting patient-centered, integrated care for everyone who needs it. However, each effort tackles the challenge from a different angle. Rather than duplicative, these efforts are complementary. The AIMS Center is involved with many of these efforts and it is our intention to promote non-competition and a collaborative atmosphere where we all work together to accomplish more than any of us would be able to achieve individually. We will share the products from the summit and work groups with all interested groups and will seek to have them included on as many free, public websites as possible. If you are interested in these products or in connecting with us about this work, please contact us.
Some other efforts in the area of integrated care are:
The Academy for Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative
California Endowment & Tides Center - Integrated Behavioral Health Project
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare - Center for Integrated Health Solutions
Hogg Foundation - Integrated Care Initiative
MacArthur Initiative on Depression & Primary Care
Center for Health Care Strategies - Integrated Care Program
Mental Health America - Integrated Care
National Academy for State Health Policy - Implementing Health Homes in Medicaid
California Institute for Mental Health - Primary Care and Mental Health Integration Initiatives
Cal MEND
Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
Summit and Work Group Sponsors
John A. Hartford Foundation
The John A. Hartford Foundation is "a committed champion of health care training, research and service system innovations that will ensure the well-being and vitality of older adults. Its overall goal is to increase the nation’s capacity to provide effective, affordable care to its rapidly increasing older population.” The Foundation is America’s leading philanthropy with a sustained interest in aging and health. Through its grantmaking, the John A. Hartford Foundation seeks specifically to 1) enhance and expand the training of doctors, nurses, social workers and other health professionals who care for elders, and 2) promote innovations in the integration and delivery of services for all older people. While the focus of the Integrated Mental Health Summit and subsequent Work Groups is not focused exclusively on older adults, JAHF recognizes that widespread, effective dissemination of integrated mental health care programs will provide significant benefit for older adults who express the strongest preference for receiving mental health treatment in primary care.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Equality is committed to improving healthcare in America by focusing its research efforts on safety and quality, effectiveness of healthcare, and efficiency. AHRQ measures improvement in terms of better quality of life and patient outcomes, lives saved, and increased value for healthcare costs. AHRQ promotes improvement in healthcare by forming partnerships and developing the knowledge and tools required for improvement.
California HealthCare Foundation
The California HealthCare Foundation supports ideas and innovations that improve quality, increase efficiency, and lower the costs of healthcare for Californians. One of its current core missions is “supporting the implementation of health reform.”
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's mission is to “improve the health and healthcare for all Americans” and they have an established history of supporting the integration of treatment for common mental disorders into primary care and other non-traditional settings.