This guide is for multi-disciplinary, primary care teams seeking to improve care access and behavioral health outcomes for children and adolescents through implementing Collaborative Care. Centered around the core principles of Collaborative Care, this guide serves as...
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Pre-implementation
Guidance on Verbal Patient Consent (AIMS Center)
Ensuring that a patient understands the Collaborative Care (CoCM) program before agreeing to participate is a crucial task for primary care providers. This resource provides general guidance on obtaining verbal consent from patients to participate in CoCM. Please note...
CoCM Practice Selection Tool
This tool is intended to assist physician organizations (POs) to compare practices and select or order practices to implement and deliver collaborative care model (CoCM) services.
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...
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.
BHCM – A Week in the Life
This document outlines the responsibilities of a Behavioral Healthcare Manager (BHCM). It includes a position overview, patient care, and a sample schedule.
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...