Integrated Care and Psychiatrists

The world of health care in the United States is changing fairly rapidly, especially with regard to how care is delivered. Providers, patients, and payers need to adapt to the changing healthcare environment to maximize their effectiveness and to avoid being made irrelevant by this cataclysm of system transformation, particularly the specialized interface between primary care (PC) and behavioral health (BH) (which includes mental health and substance use disorders and the patients/services/providers associated with such conditions). It is abundantly clear that delivery system redesign is essential to improve health of the population, improve patient experiences with the delivery of healthcare services, and reduce per capita costs for such services.