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Integrated Primary Care Newsletter
    December 2011
The Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) Announces the Establishment a National Academy for Integrating Mental Health and Primary Care
WASHINGTON, DC -- AHRQ's vision is for the Academy to function as both a coordinating center and a national resource for people committed to delivering comprehensive, integrated health care by addressing the challenge of integrating mental health and substance abuse treatment with overall primary care.  Read More

UMass Medical School Establishes Center for Integrated Primary Care

WORCESTER, MA - UMass Medical School is taking a leadership role in the movement toward integrating behavioral health into the care of patients in primary care settings. This summer, the new Center for Integrated Primary Care, directed by Dr. Alexander Blount, was established to serve as a national leader in preparing behavioral health and primary care providers for integration.  Read More 

 

New Web-based Training Program for Care Managers and Navigators

WORCESTER, MA - The Center for Integrated Primary Care is pleased to announce the newest edition of our web-based training programs: The Training Program for Care Managers and Navigators. The program is being developed under a grant from the Center for Integrated Health Solutions (http://bit.ly/gQoULp) of the National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare. The funds for the work are provided by SAMHSA and HRSA.  Read More

Profiles in Integrated Care: The Salud Family Health Centers

FORT LUPTON, CO - Every year or two a new description of an entire integrated primary care program is published that becomes an exemplar of the next step for many of the developing programs around the country. The latest example is Auxier, Farley and Seifert, (2011). Establishing an Integrated Care Practice in a Community Health Center. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. Vol 42(5), Oct 2011, 391-397 describing the Salud Health Center in Colorado. Read More 

The Millbank Report
The Millbank Report is a well researched summary of the state of the evidence about integrated primary care. Read More
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Dr. Blount
Alexander Blount, EdD

Dr. Blount Presented with Don Bloch Award

 

PHILADELPHIA, PA - In October, Dr. Blount was presented with the prestigious Don Bloch Award at the Collaborative Family Health Care Association (CFHA) annual conference in Philadelphia. Don Bloch, M.D. is an innovator in the field of family health care, the originator of the journal that became the current Families, Systems and Health , and a founder of CFHA (www.cfha.net).  Don was one of the driving forces behind the collaborative care movement and each year the award bearing his name is given to an outstanding leader in our field. This year the honor was bestowed on our own Sandy Blount in recognition of his great contribution to promoting integrated primary care through innovative approaches to treatment, cutting-edge training programs and advocacy. Each year, the award plaque contains a description of the contributions of the awardee. The text on Dr. Blount's award and the remarks he made at the conference can be viewed here:

http://www.integratedprimarycare.com/events/
  

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