The CHI was completed by an expert consensus panel in 2022 and is intended to advance beyond current and outdated frameworks for integrated primary care and behavioral health such as the SAMHSA 6 Levels of Integrated Care and the use of the Integrated Practice Assessment Tool (IPAT). Both tools as well as other measures of integrated care are over a decade in existence at this point and do not reflect the progress and research in integrated care, so an update was needed. It is applicable to adult and child populations, small and large providers, rural and urban locations, and organizations with varying levels of resources.
