Name
J03 - Barbara & Sarah: An Integrated Care Story
Date & Time
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Location Name
Grand C (4th Floor)
Description

Meet Barbara, a retired schoolteacher living in the Bitterroot Valley, and Sarah, a licensed clinical social worker specializing in integrated care, and see how the Integrated Behavioral Health (IBH) Initiative is helping improve the lives of Montanans. "Barbara & Sarah" is an intimate, 7-minute documentary that follows a patient and a BHC from their lives to the exam room. This film is a vulnerable look at the importance of finding mental health resources through local primary care providers. This session will share one patient’s story, one organization’s journey, and one state’s efforts to achieve widespread implementation of IBH. Film screening followed by Q&A with BHC Sarah McNair, LCSW, and Liz Davies, LCSW, Montana Healthcare Foundation.

Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Patient-centered care or Patient perspectives, Primary Care Behavioral Health Model, Rural
Session Type
Concurrent
Identify factors unique to rural communities impacting access to and delivery of integrated care.
Describe the goals of the Montana Healthcare Foundation's Integrated Behavioral Health Initiative.
Discuss how one patient benefited from receiving integrated, team-based care.

https://mthf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024-PC-BH-Issue-Brief.pdf

https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/suicideprevention/SuicideinMontana092324.pdf

https://dphhs.mt.gov/ecfsd/primarycare/shortageareadesignations

https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/publichealth/EMSTS/Data/Alcohol_1pager.pdf

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00705