In 2007, my education in marriage and family therapy (MFT) in the US began. After a year of course work, my clinical experience as a MFT intern started at the University of California San Diego Family Medicine Residency, which had well-established integrated care. For me, it was a novel and exciting experience working as a […]
A day-in-the-life The day: Wednesday. The time: 8:50 am. I (KV) just received a handoff from a provider, the 9 am patient has arrived, and I am in the middle of a coordination of care phone call with a school nurse who is attempting to help facilitate proper dosing of a stimulant for a 15 […]
If you missed the Friday morning plenary session at the 2017 CFHA Annual Conference in Houston, you missed a fantastic presentation by Len Nichols, PhD, Professor of Health Policy at George Mason University. Dr. Nichols described how we got to the current state of affairs in healthcare and what reform may look like in the […]
Welcome to the opening plenary session for the 2017 CFHA Annual Conference in beautiful Houston, Texas. Our fearless leader, Tina Runyan, began with a “state of the association” speech describing the strong financial footing of CFHA. She expressed appreciation for the vibrant, member-driven community. “I don’t know of an organization where you can post a […]
On October 19th, 2017, stakeholders from across Texas and beyond gathered for the annual policy summit that take place in conjunction with the CFHA Annual Conference. This year the policy summit focused on value-based payments and was supported by several organizations including The Meadows Foundation, Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Health Management Associates, and […]
The 2017 Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) Annual Conference will soon take place in Houston, a city in recovery from Hurricane Harvey’s record-smashing rainfall and floods. CFHA members are proud to be in Houston this year and continue to support all the recovery efforts for everyone affected by recent natural disasters. The Annual Conference […]
This is the second of a two-part series on Population Health. This post is a reprint of a piece from the MHA@GW Blog. Click here for the original post. Reprinted with permission. MHA@GW is the online master of health administration from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University. “Population health.” It is a […]
Population health takes on the challenge of looking at whole groups (i.e., populations) with the goal of improving the health and preventing sickness in entire populations.1 Upon learning the term, the idea of population health made sense to me; yet, I still questioned how I, as a medical family therapist, could help intervene on the […]
News See what’s happening with integration in your neck of the woods: New Jersey: Making Integration Happen Integrated behavioral health is receiving quite a bit of attention in New Jersey. A recent opinion piece states the following: “Creating a more efficient and coordinated system that treats the whole person is the right move for New […]
Greetings from Ottawa Canada, where we saw Parliament Hill, ate poutine, and made new friends! We’re writing to tell you about our experience with the Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference known as “Shared Care” where we (Jodi and Jen) attended as invited guests this June. Unlike CFHA, the Canadian event is an annual […]
Q & A with Morgan T. Sammons, PhD, ABPP, Executive Officer of the National Register of Health Service Psychologists Earlier this year, the National Register of Health Service Psychologists released the Integrated Healthcare Training Series. This series features 41 videos averaging about 16 minutes each. The videos cover theory and models of integrated care, practice […]
A year ago we highlighted the work of Dr. Manjunatha from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bangalore, India, who had written a report for the Lancet describing an ambitious program to integrate mental health services into primary care systems. The program, called the Manochaitanya Programme, provides mental health services every Tuesday […]
This post was written by the 2015 winner of the CFHA Research and Fellowship Award. For me, one of the most challenging aspects of transitioning from traditional training in specialty mental health to working in a Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH) setting was learning ways to deliver interventions in that can be effective in a […]
As health providers, we like to help anyone that walks through our door, regardless of background or identity. Sometimes, though, it’s not enough to simply be open-minded, or accepting. With certain populations it is imperative to not only be “open,” but also competent. All minority populations have their own unique needs, backgrounds, influences, and […]
I remember it like it was yesterday. It was an afternoon in early April—like every good post-doctoral fellow I was sitting in my office working hard and pondering my future. Or, maybe you could say I was catastrophizing my future. I had been blessed with a wonderful pre-doctoral internship and post-doctoral fellowship within a […]
This is a reprint of a post originally published in May 2015. I have been asked by my esteemed colleagues at CFHA to submit a blog post explaining why I feel that being an extrovert is beneficial when working in integrated care. They have asked me to go first because they are still trying […]
Welcome to the fifth edition of the CFHA News and Research Column, a new series of posts that highlight recent developments in the field of collaborative and integrated care. Check back for additional reports. NEWS SAMHSA Webinar – Making the Most of your EHR The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions is offering a […]
There is a lot to be said for physical presence. As licensed mental health care providers (LMFT in my case), we are taught to diagnose and treat in person. Connecting with people in a therapeutic, healing, and professionally intimate manner over a telemonitor is difficult at best. It is possible to read body […]
