Using Effective Public Private Collaboration to Advance Integrated Care

Lee S Beers; Leandra Godoy; Matthew G Biel

doi:10.1016/j.chc.2017.06.003

Using Effective Public Private Collaboration to Advance Integrated Care

Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2017 Oct;26(4):665-675. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2017.06.003. Epub 2017 Jul 29.

Authors

Lee S Beers¹, Leandra Godoy², Matthew G Biel³

Affiliations

¹ Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA. Electronic address: lbeers@childrensnational.org.
² Child Health Advocacy Institute, Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC 20010, USA.
³ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2115 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007, USA.

PMID: 28916006
DOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2017.06.003

Abstract

Integrated mental health services within health care settings have many benefits; however, several key barriers pose challenges to fully implemented and coordinated care. Collaborative, multistakeholder efforts, such as health networks, have the potential to overcome prevalent obstacles and to accelerate the dissemination of innovative clinical strategies. In addition to engaging clinical experts, efforts should also include the perspectives of families and communities, a grounding in data and evaluation, and a focus on policy and advocacy. This article describes how one community, Washington, DC, implemented a health network to improve the integration of mental health services into pediatric primary care.

Keywords: Collective impact; Health network; Mental health; Primary care integration.

MeSH terms

Child Psychiatry*
Delivery of Health Care, Integrated*
District of Columbia
Humans
Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
Organizational Case Studies
Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
Public-Private Sector Partnerships / organization & administration*