Integrating Primary and Behavioral Healthcare

Course overview

Healthcare professionals frequently hear the term integrated care. However, many are confused about what it means, its implications for future healthcare practice, and how they might participate in an integrated care environment. In this course, you will become familiar with various models and configurations of integrated care. You will learn about the costs, benefits, and goals of integrated care systems. As there are numerous challenges to integrating care, you will become aware of some of these key challenges, and familiar with particular characteristics of well-functioning integrated care systems. Finally, you will learn a variety of ways that behavioral healthcare professionals, including you, can function effectively in an integrated care environment.