{"id":52273,"date":"2022-11-28T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=52273"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:49:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:49:43","slug":"advancing-collaborative-mental-health-care","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthcommission.ca\/resource\/advancing-collaborative-mental-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Advancing Collaborative Mental Health Care in Primary Care Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A National Quality Framework with Recommended Measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Collaborative mental health care is a proven approach for improving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>timely access to evidence-informed care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>individual health outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>patients\u2019 experience of care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fairness in health-care delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>equitable outcomes across populations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the cost-effectiveness of care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet collaborative care varies significantly across the country and can also depart from empirically supported models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This revised framework outlined in this report is designed to assist in organizing and delivering primary care mental health and addictions services. It seeks to help: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>planners and leaders in practice and policy reach a shared understanding of the quality dimensions in collaborative care services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>highlight the supports and structures needed for their successful implementation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>identify measures for key quality targets to implement effective collaborative care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>support quality measurement and improvement initiatives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>facilitate new practice-based evidence on collaborative care, including research on comparative effectiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Had I experienced care as reflected in the framework, I would not only have a sense of hope, I\u2019d realize that recovery is not only possible but expected.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A National Quality Framework with Recommended Measures Collaborative mental health care is a proven approach for improving: Yet collaborative care varies significantly across the country and can also depart from empirically supported models. 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