HMP Global October 3, 2022
Enthusiasm is growing for team-based healthcare. It improves care coordination for people with multiple conditions. Many teams in primary care embrace whole-person care and include specialists like behavioral healthcare clinicians. Yet some of these behavioral clinicians serve as consultants, while others work as essential care providers. It is worth considering the differences between these two roles.
Primary care has tried a variety of team structures. In two common models, behavioral clinicians act as specialty consultants. They may consult on psychotropic medications (collaborative care) or address behavioral disorders and unhealthy behaviors (primary care behavioral health, or PCBH). Yet a new approach, universal behavior model, or UBM, views our clinicians as essential primary care providers.
What is UBM?
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