A Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Healthcare From The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions

April 1, 2013
In April 2013, the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions released a report updating the earlier (1995/1996) work of Doherty, McDaniel, and Baird in classifying integration implementations by level of collaboration and integration. This report proposes six levels of collaboration/integration. While the overarching framework has three main categories (coordinated, co-located, and integrated care), there are two levels of degree within each category. It is designed to help organizations implementing integration to evaluate their degree of integration across several levels and to determine what next steps they may want to take to enhance their . . .