The On-The-Ground Reality Of Integrated Care Coordination

I left our 2017 OPEN MINDS Strategy & Innovation Institute last month with a couple major takeaways. One of them is that making integrated care coordination work – and making any forward movement with collaborative care – is a difficult journey.

This was also the theme of remarks made by Ian A. Shaffer, M.D., MMM, CPE, Vice President & Executive Medical Director of Behavioral Health at Healthfirst, in his opening keynote address, Keys To Success With Integrated Care Models For Consumers With Complex Behavioral Disorders. (And reiterated in other sessions on integrated and collaborative care models – see Improving The State Of . . .