Caseload review meetings allow the behavioral health care manager (BHCM) and clinical supervisor(s) to complete a high-level review of the caseload. The goal is to keep the caseload “fluid,†allowing the BHCM to continue accepting new patients. During these...
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BHCM Intake Checklist
This document is intended to guide the BHCM through the Collaborative Care intake process. The triage assessment is the first step in determining whether the patient is appropriate for Collaborative Care. If the patient is a good candidate for Collaborative Care, the...
Systematic Case Review Guidelines – Fillable
This document provides a template intended to guide systematic case review training, including best practices for maximizing the efficiency of each systematic case review session.
Introducing Collaborative Care
Collaborative Care may be a new concept for many patients. This tool will assist care providers in introducing the concept, as well as providing them with a script.
Build your clinical skills (AIMS)
A resource guide for building clinical skills within the Collaborative Care Model developed by the University of Washington AIMS Center.
AIMS Center: What is Collaborative Care?
An overview of Collaborative Care from the University of Washington AIMS Center where the model was first developed.
Get Trained in the Collaborative Care Model (APA)
The American Psychiatry Association offers specialized training in the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) for treating providers, psychiatric consultants and behavioral health care managers. Click to review their course offerings.
Integrated Care: Creating Effective Mental and Primary Health Care Teams
Primary Health Care Teams provides the first comprehensive guide for teams to integrate effective mental health care into primary care clinics. Edited by a team of UW Medicine mental health experts, it includes practical information, skills, and clinical approaches...
Psychiatric Case Review and Treatment Intensification in Collaborative Care Management for Depression in Primary Care
Published in Psychiatric Services. This study examined whether psychiatric case review was associated with depression medication modification in a large implementation program of collaborative care for depression in safety-net primary care clinics.
How to Implement Effective Integrated Care
Lori Raney, M.D., discusses the principles of effective collaborative care: "It has been 15 years since the publication of the Improving Mood-Promoting Access to Collaborative Treatment (IMPACT) trial, which established an effective approach for treating older adults...