Better Together with Integrated Care
Abstract
People with Serious Mental Illness, SMI, live on average 25 years less than others, often due to chronic medical conditions. Heartland Health Centers provides primary care to people with SMI in the facilities of partners Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare, Thresholds, and Community Counseling Centers Chicago. From checkups to psychiatry to shared medical records, we collaborate intensively. These partnerships have shown patients do better on weight loss, smoking cessation, blood pressure and other indicators, while patients’ satisfaction with their care increased. But care integration for people with serious mental illness remains rare in Illinois and beyond. This article documents key components to successful partnerships and highlights barriers to scaling-up integrated care.
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