Patients who reside in rural areas face persistent gaps in behavioral health care. Research shows that Collaborative Care (CoCM) can increase treatment access, but rural settings face unique barriers that make implementing CoCM challenging. Understanding these nuances is critical to successful implementation. The latest research from the AIMS Center offers insights into potential barriers and …

For 20 years, the AIMS Center has supported diverse healthcare organizations to integrate behavioral health services into medical settings. We’ve learned some things along the way! To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we will be sharing our insights. Stay tuned each month throughout 2024 as we publish monthly Lessons Learned. Sign up for AIMS Center updates …

Register now, and join the AIMS Center on Tuesday, October 15, 2024, at 10 a.m. PT for an essential webinar on providing integrated care to patients who reside in rural areas. Rural areas face persistent gaps in behavioral healthcare access. Research shows that Collaborative Care (CoCM) can bridge these gaps and improve health outcomes. Our …

The latest article from The Seattle Times’ Mental Health Project initiative, ‘Why Your Primary Care Doctor Might Ask About Your Mental Health,’ examines the growing movement to integrate mental health care into primary care settings. The authors reference the AIMS Center, which has been at the forefront of the integrated care movement for two decades. …

In this webinar Collaborative Care experts from the AIMS Center share the biggest lessons they have learned from two decades of providing Collaborative Care training and technical assistance. For 20 years the AIMS Center has helped diverse healthcare organizations implement the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM), a method of integrating behavioral healthcare into medical settings developed …

The AIMS Center supports the recommendations in the Bowman Family Foundation‘s brief, Mounting Evidence that Use of the Collaborative Care Model Reduces Total Healthcare Costs. This May 2024 brief is a comprehensive analysis detailing the cost of implementing the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) across various health systems. The study showcases CoCM’s efficiency and its potential to revolutionize behavioral …

The April 2024 study, Barriers and facilitators to collaborative care implementation within the New York State Collaborative Care Medicaid Program, was conducted by the AIMS Center team, Erin LePoire and Ashely Heald. The AIMS Center has worked with New York State’s Learning Network since 2015 to deliver effective Collaborative Care within clinics across the State. Driven by our desire …

The AIMS Center is partnering with Concert Health in a train-the-trainer implementation strategy to support a rollout of Telepsychiatry Collaborative Care (CoCM) for PTSD and bipolar disorder to 2,700 patients. This initiative, funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), will allow the AIMS Center to implement findings from SPIRIT study that telepsychiatry CoCM significantly …

A recording of the Whole Person Care through Pediatric Collaborative Care webinar is below or slide handouts can be downloaded here. This is a continuation of our quarterly webinar series, sign up for our mailing list to stay informed of future webinars and events hosted by the AIMS Center. This webinar detailed the fundamental aspects of …

3rd Annual Integrated Care Conference Cultivating Integrated Care within the Behavioral Health Ecosystem June 7, 2024 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, PST June 6, 2024 | 1:00 PM – 6:45 PM  PST Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, Seattle, WA Register Today Join a community of partners to share ideas, and learn about clinical and community-level innovations …

Comparative Effectiveness of Psychotherapy vs Antidepressants for Depression in Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial examined the effectiveness of Behavioral Activation (BA) vs antidepressant medication management (MEDS) in patients with heart failure from 2018-2022. The study was published in January 2024 and results showed that both BA and MEDS reduced patients’ depressive symptoms by nearly …

Extending the Clinical Impact of Behavioral Health Prescribing Clinicians Using the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) was published February 2024 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM). This article evaluated if CoCM could extend the reach of prescribing clinicians, allowing them to treat more patients than they could on their own in the same amount of time, …

The AIMS Center is excited to announce a partnership with Premera Blue Cross to improve behavioral health outcomes for Black and/or African American communities. Three Pacific Northwest clinics, two that serve oncology patients and one that serves pediatric patients, will implement Collaborative Care with support from the AIMS Center. The goal of this investment is …

The Enhancing Perinatal Health through Collaborative Care webinar recording is now available. This webinar examined the fundamental aspects of providing a population health focus to team-based care for expectant and postpartum individuals. Participants learned about the impact of Collaborative Care (CoCM) on mental health during pregnancy and postpartum. The discussion focused on adaptations of Collaborative Care …

Collaborative Care (CoCM) shown to achieve comparable or better depression outcomes in rural clinics that treat low-income patients.