Whole person care is certainly the goal of most payer and health plan executives—and preferred by consumers (see When You’ve Seen One). For provider organization executives, the strategic question is how to create (or plug into) integrated delivery systems.

Traditional integration models have focused on providing all services in a single location, using a single electronic health record (EHR) and reimbursed with a single payment system. But technology has changed that equation. Telehealth, interoperability, and consumer engagement technology has created new tech-enabled models for whole person care.

A recent study, Linking Insured Adults To Behavioral Health Care: A Cost-Saving Solution, shows the power of one such tech-enabled integrated care model. The research evaluated the effects of a digital…