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Showing papers on "Integrated care published in 1993"


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: NOAH (No One Alone with HIV), an innovative, hospital-based program of family-focused HIV mental health services, will be described, designed to meet the needs of primary care providers, allied professionals/paraprofessionals, and the diversity of inner-city patients they serve.

28 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: It is argued that HMOs, by strengthening their commitment to integrated care, can meet the challenge of providing coverage for services that were considered difficult to control.
Abstract: The performance of managed mental health programs has helped employers overcome their reluctance to provide coverage for services that were considered difficult to control. The emergence of the carve out as an alternative to existing behavioral health programs, including those offered by HMOs, had led to increased expectations for higher levels of performance. This paper argues that HMOs, by strengthening their commitment to integrated care, can meet the challenge.

8 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
01 Jan 1993
TL;DR: A planning effort is presented which is organized around a quality improvement effort aimed at understanding who are the “customers” and what they need and coordination and integration with the HMO larger organizational plan and efforts.
Abstract: Mental health service delivery is both a health care and business arrangement, and is accordingly impacted by national changes in both areas. HMO mental health services in the current health reform zeitgeist are being called on to provide more efficient, comprehensive integrated care. A planning effort is presented which is organized around (1) a quality improvement effort aimed at understanding who are the "customers" (patient, medical community, mental health staff, and client employer) and what they need and (2) coordination and integration with the HMO larger organizational plan and efforts. The unique benefits of staff model HMOs are discussed relative to mental health service.

5 citations