Seeing CSBs Series: #2 Virginia CSBs serve a number of individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Substance use, particularly drug poisoning, issues are now at the forefront of recent health care policy discussions. The graphics shown below display the number and type of drug poisoning hospitalizations in 2013 by residents of each CSB service area. [...]
Virginia CSBs serve individuals with a variety of mental and behavioral conditions. The behavioral health conditions of consumers served in the CSBs are the same conditions as those of members of the broader community. One of the most prevalent conditions is Serious Mental Illness (SMI) among consumers of CSB services. The numbered line graph displays the [...]
The health care environment is moving into an era of Population Health Management, which requires new capabilities for organizations across the spectrum of clinical care and public health. Coming out of this focus on population health management, there is a growing interest across states and payers in patient-centered care and integrated care. Some providers are choosing to co-locate primary care, [...]
A Standard Framework for Levels of Integrated Healthcare was developed for the SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions. Integration of healthcare is essential to improve the individual’s experience of care, improve the health of the general population, and reduce per capita healthcare costs. The term “integration” is widely and inconsistently used to describe the joining of [...]