Center for Integrated Primary Care Blog Posts

Measurement-Based Care (MBC) is increasingly discussed as a best practice in integrated care, but in the reality of busy primary care settings, it can feel difficult to implement and even harder to sustain. Many of us are rightly concerned about patient-level burden and whether the measures we use are truly meaningful to the patient sitting in front of us, or capable of detecting change across the complex facets of a patient’s day-to-day functioning.

Primary care teams regularly care for patients who’ve been exposed to trauma and struggle with PTSD, many of whom often have limited access to traditional mental health services or who prefer to get their care only in primary care settings

Massachusetts is considering legislation called Primary Care for You (PC4YOU) that could have a national impact as the country deals with the challenges of access to primary care. 

"What is the greatest impact you have as a behavioral health clinician (BHC) on the primary care team?”

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This is the 2nd and final part of a 2 part blog post series on the training the CIPC has provided to the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers (Mass League). In this blog post, Leslie Salas Karnes, Manager of Public Health Initiatives at Mass League shared her thoughts on the course.

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Over the last 1.5 years, Mass League has partnered with the UMass Chan Center for Integrated Primary Care (CIPC) to provide three different training sessions to health center teams. These trainings have been received well and have helped to increase the skills and knowledge of CHC providers.

Adult Primary Care Physician Visits Increasingly Address Mental Health Concerns

The CIPC team would like to recommend an excellent professional development opportunity for BHCs through Creach Consulting Group.

Legislation for “Primary Care for You” (PC4You) has been introduced into the Massachusetts Senate! 

The Curbsiders Addiction Medicine Podcast just wrapped up a stellar series on Addiction Medicine that has enormous applicability for any primary care clinician. This series is packed with evidence-based education on caring for patients with substance disorders.