Description: This session explores the principles and practice of integrated healthcare, with a focus on what true integration looks like beyond co-location. Participants will examine models of coordinated care in which medical and behavioral health providers collaborate through shared care plans and unified treatment approaches. The session addresses common misconceptions about integrated care, reviews established models of clinical integration, and applies these concepts to real-world patient scenarios, including individuals presenting with co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions. Participants will leave with a clearer framework for understanding and implementing integrated care practices in their own settings. Learning Objectives: - Distinguish between co-location and true integration in healthcare settings, including the role of shared care plans and regular provider communication.
- Identify key characteristics of integrated care models and differentiate them from referral-based and siloed approaches to medical and behavioral health services.
- Apply integrated care principles to clinical scenarios involving patients with co-occurring physical and behavioral health conditions, selecting coordinated intervention approaches over sequential or separate treatment strategies.
Presenter Bios: Stacey Bank, MD, is a board-certified family physician and Executive Medical Director for the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. She provides clinical leadership across the department, including correctional health, and previously served as a medical director for an integrated health clinic. Dr. Bank has dedicated her career to caring for under-resourced and high-need populations, with experience in refugee health, tribal health, and complex patients. Her work focuses on improving access, coordination, and outcomes through a population health approach. Eric Yoshio Jesús Tadehara has worked for the Utah Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health since 2013 in various roles across substance use, prevention, and children's mental health. Eric currently serves as the Director of SUMH. He has worked in the field of social work since 2008 in roles including: direct clinical practice working with children, adolescents, youth in transition, and adults with mental health, substance use needs, and intellectual disabilities; crisis evaluation and management; and behavioral health administration. Eric is also an adjunct professor at Weber State University, where he teaches Bachelor's and Master's level social worker classes. He received his Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) from Weber State University and his Master of Social Work (MSW) & Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of Utah. |
