The New Hampshire Public Health Association (NHPHA) believes that optimal health requires an effective collaboration among public, non profit and private health service providers and organizations, encompassing a health promotion approach that integrates medical, behavioral and mental health care. Specific approaches should include:

• Preventive health services and other demonstrated cost-effective activities; 
• Comprehensive care for all physical, oral, behavioral and psychiatric conditions;
• Integrated decision-making in client-provider interactions regarding treatment;
• Investment in tools to facilitate integrated care (e.g., electronic medical records, etc); 
• Sharing population-based outcomes measurement.

Resources:

Arcury, Thomas A, Wilbert M. Gesler, John S. Preisser, Jill Sherman, John Spencer & Jamie Perin, “The Effects of Geography and Spatial Behavior on Health Care Utilization Among the Residents of a Rural Region.” Health Services Research 40:1 (February 2005) 135–156.

Gallo, Joseph J., Cynthia Zubritsky, et al., “Primary Care Clinicians Evaluate Integrated and Referral Models of Behavioral Health Care for Older Adults: Results from a Multisite Effectiveness Trial (PRISM-E)”, Annals of Family Medicine 2:4 (July/August 2004) 305–309.

Future of Family Medicine Project Leadership Committee, “The Future of Family Medicine: A Collaborative Project of the Family Medicine Community”, Annuals of Family Medicine 2: Suppl 1 (March/April 2004) s3–s32.

Kodner, Dennis L and Corrine K Kyriacou, “Fully Integrated Care for Frail Elderly:  Two American Models”, International Journal of Integrated Care 1:1 (October–December 2000) 1-19.

Young, Alexander S., Edmund Chaney, et al., “Information Technology to Support Improved Care for Chronic Illness“, Journal of General Internal Medicine 22: Suppl 3 (December 2007) 425-430.