Integration Is All About The ‘Flow’

“We can’t hire our way out of access problems.”

I have been thinking about this quote by Dennis Freeman, Ph.D., chief executive officer for Cherokee Health Systems, from The 2016 OPEN MINDS California Management and Best Practices Institute, and made in response to a question that is a conundrum in health care policy – how do we best serve consumers when the demand for behavioral health professionals is greater than the supply?

In his remarks delivered during his session, How Do You Develop & Manage An Integrated Primary Behavioral Health Practice: Lessons Learned For Executives Who Are Making It . . .