Training
Since 2008, MHIP has offered training and workforce development for integration in health care to more than 200 professionals across Washington State. Ongoing training supported a growing number of mental health professionals and primary care teams.
Comprehensive training
New care coordinators and participating clinical teams learned the Collaborative Care model, team roles, patient engagement, registry use, measurement-based care, and stepped treatment.
Focused clinical sessions
Topic-based sessions addressed common diagnoses, evidence-based brief interventions, medication support, suicide-risk assessment, substance use, and complex patients.
Roundtable support
Facilitated discussions gave care coordinators a regular forum to share implementation experience, solve workflow problems, and learn from peers.
Team development
Primary care providers, care coordinators, psychiatric consultants, and clinic leaders received role-specific guidance for effective collaborative practice.
Training goals
- Build a common understanding of Collaborative Care
- Use screening and outcome measures consistently
- Strengthen communication between primary care and psychiatry
- Deliver brief evidence-based interventions
- Use the registry for systematic follow-up and caseload review
- Improve care for patients who are not getting better