Impact of Behavioral Health to the PCMH

What is the impact of adding behavioral health to the PCMH practice?

The Collaborative Care Research Network (CCRN) builds off the idea that a national network is stronger than individual practices in examining research questions around behavioral health in the medical home, and was developed to implement a national, practice based research agenda to evaluate the effectiveness of collaboration between behavioral health and primary medical care. Over 30 practices that have some form of behavioral health in primary care and are actively working on a nationwide research agenda have been recruited. AAFP's information about the CCRN can be accessed by clicking here.

ICSI's DIAMOND Bibliography describes the evidence around the collaborative care model for depression. It includes studies of care delivery, cost effectiveness, and workplace effects.