"Providers Work To Create A Culture Of Team-Based Care" - Maria Castellucci
For Mount Sinai Health System in New York, creating care teams was eased by the fact that physicians understood why they were trying to integrate behavioral health specialists into their clinics. Primary-care doctors often saw patients with behavioral health needs in their clinics and felt hopeless to treat them since they had limited resources available. Some physicians also just simply didn’t feel comfortable discussing mental health issues. “They all recognized the need to address behavioral health services. The interest and desire were there,” said Sabina Lim, MD, MPH, vice president and chief of strategy for behavioral health for the Mount Sinai Health System. Support from primary-care providers was a key reason why the model was adopted across so many clinics, said Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and director of primary care under the model.
- Sabina Lim, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine, Vice President, Chief of Strategy, Behavioral Health, Mount Sinai Health System
- Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai