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Collaborative and Integrated Care

Session:: Skills Course Live Discussion

SKILLS COURSE LIVE DISCUSSION: Advanced Collaborative Care Skills: Practical Strategies for the Implementation and Sustainability of the Collaborative Care Model

Wednesday, November 10, 2021
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM US Eastern Time
CE: 2
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Collaborative care (CoCM) is an evidence-based, integrated model for the treatment of common mental health conditions in medical settings. Efficacy of CoCM has been demonstrated by more than 80 RCTs (1). However, significant practice change is required to implement and sustain CoCM (2, 3, 4). This advanced skills course will draw on the presenters from the University of Washington’s (UW) Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Center and Integrated Care Training Program. The presenters have significant expertise in CoCM clinical practice, team building, implementation and financing. Each section will have both a didactic and self-directed learning component. Session overview:

  • Introduction to Implementation of the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM)

  • Lay the Foundation - Defining the Vision and Obtaining Buy-in: Drawing from his work as the founder of the UW AIMS Center, Dr. Unutzer will discuss the importance of having a clear vision for CoCM and obtaining buy-in from key stakeholders.

  • Plan for Clinical Practice Change - Using CoCM Codes: Dr. Carlo will explain key practice decisions in planning for CoCM implementation and the financial sustainability implications.

  • Plan for Clinical Practice Change - Build CoCM Workflows: Dr. Chang will draw from experiences as UW CoCM BHIP Medical Director role and expertise in implementation support to review strategies to develop and refine CoCM workflows.

  • Build Your Clinical Team - Train the CoCM team: As a CoCM consulting psychiatrist and educator, Dr. Toor will discuss important considerations when forming and training a CoCM clinical team.

  • Launch and Deliver Quality Care - Monitor and improve performance using program-level quality metrics. Dr. Whitfield will draw from experiences as CoCM consulting psychiatrist and trainer and expertise in quality improvement methods to review key strategies for sustaining high-quality CoCM services.

  • Sustain CoCM Care- Sustain CoCM by proactively addressing common barriers: Dr. Ratzliff will draw on her experience supporting sustainability of CoCM as the current co-director of the UW AIMS Center to discuss financial sustainability, team turnover and addressing CoCM fidelity.Audience Interaction: All participants will develop an implementation/sustainability goal and next steps related to the content presented to be applied in their own practice.

1. Archer J, Bower P, Gilbody S, et al. Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems. In: Archer J, ed. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012:2-4.

2. Carlo AD, Unützer J, Ratzliff ADH, Cerimele JM. Financing for Collaborative Care—a Narrative Review. Curr Treat Options Psychiatry. July 2018:1-11.

3. Moise N et al. Sustainability of collaborative care management for depression in primary care settings with academic affiliations across New York State. Implement Sci. 2018 Oct 12;13(1):128.

4. Whitebird RR et al. Effective Implementation of collaborative care for depression: what is needed? Am J Manag Care. 2014 Sep;20(9):699-707.



Learning Objectives:

  • Define the five phases of collaborative care (CoCM) implementation and sustainability
  • Identify strategies to engage key partners and stakeholders in CoCM implementation.List the ways in which newly available CoCM billing codes are able to support implementation
  • Consider how to tailor and apply learned concepts to support implementation of collaborative care in their own clinical setting