The BH2I Clinical/Administrative Resources are developed by the BH2I professional workgroup members and/or subject matter experts. They aim to support grantees and the various target audiences to strengthen their integrated system of care, engage patients in their own healthcare and teach them how to stay health and manage their health conditions, and provide consideration for culture, language and promote overall positive health outcomes through the BH2I.
Addressing Historical Trauma through Integrated Care
American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities and peoples have experienced a history of trauma and adversity over hundreds of years. Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, a Lakota social worker, educator and researcher dedicated her life to examining the impact of trauma in our American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Quality Improvement in Integrated Care: A Leadership Guide for AI/AN Health Organizations
Quality Improvement (QI) in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) healthcare is a vital discipline for advancing health equity, clinical excellence, and Tribal self-determination. By dismantling operational silos among primary care, behavioral health, dental, traditional healing, and community health services, healthcare leaders can build a seamless, patient-centered continuum of care.
Why Get Your Healthcare at an Integrated Care Clinic?
An Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) clinic helps take care of your “whole health.” Instead of going to different places for medical care and mental health care, you can get both in one clinic. This makes getting help easier and less stressful.
Stress, Anxiety, and Depression: What’s the Difference?
Most people feel stressed, anxious or down from time to time. These feelings can come up during challenging seasons in life—when family responsibilities begin to pile up, when money is tight, when someone is grieving, when caregiving becomes a heavy load, or when our own health concerns affect daily life.
Managing Chronic Pain Through the Integrated Care Model
Chronic pain is a complex, long-lasting condition affecting physical health, mental wellbeing, and social function. The Integrated Care Model (ICM) blends primary care, behavioral health, and physical rehabilitation into a unified, team-based approach to address the whole person.
Leadership Styles and Their Contribution to Integrated Care
Implementing effective integrated care (IC) can be difficult, time consuming, and often faced with challenges such as accessing electronic health records and staff resistance to change. Often it takes years to see measurable positive results.
Closing Care Gaps in Integrated Healthcare: Strategies for Improved Patient Outcomes
Care gaps refer to missed opportunities for preventive, follow-up, or treatment interventions related to a patient’s physical, behavioral, or social health needs. The IBH staff can use care gaps as clinical decision guides to determine what should happen during any given primary care visit to address the presenting problem, and to promote whole-person health across the lifespan.
New Initiatives to Bridging Primary Care and Behavioral Health: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
This article focuses on a recent initiative designed to implement the key tenets of integrated behavioral health care in community mental health centers.
Clinical/Administrative/Leadership Toolkit: Integrating Substance Use Treatment into Integrated Care Settings
In our Indigenous communities, many of our relatives struggle with substance use disorder (SUD), making it hard for them to participate fully in the community. Many factors contribute to SUD, including historical trauma and personal trauma.
ResourceLibrary
This section provides templates, forms, job descriptions, and other administrative documents for grant administration staff. These resources offer guidance on providing program management, staff recruitment, organizational management, and establishment of partnerships with program stakeholders.