Implementation Guide
Lay the Foundation
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A crucial first step in implementing collaborative care is understanding how it will fundamentally change your practice. It is a new way of doing medicine and requires an openness to creating a new vision. Don't skip this step! We can’t emphasize enough how important it is.
Learning Objectives:
- Develop an understanding of the collaborative care approach, including its history, guiding principles, and evidence base
- Develop strong advocacy for collaborative care within organizational leadership and among the clinical team
- Create a unified vision for collaborative care with respect to your overall mission and quality improvement efforts
- Develop a comprehensive sustainability plan
- Assess the difference between your organization's current care model compared to a collaborative care model