Name
Shaping the Future of Collaborative Care Research
Description

As Collaborative Care expands nationally, demonstrating real-world effectiveness across diverse settings is critical for sustainability and policy advancement. This session shares insights from a national CoCM Research workgroup bringing together leading implementation organizations to aggregate and analyze outcomes across sites. Presenters will discuss cross-site data harmonization, measurement challenges, and emerging effectiveness trends. Attendees will gain perspective on how large-scale outcomes collaboration can strengthen the evidence base and inform policy.

Speakers
Julian Mitton, MD, MPH
Virna Little, Psy. D, LCSW, MBA
Brandn Green, PhD
Andrew Bertagnolli, PhD
Jian Joyner, LSW
Content Level
Intermediate
Tags
Collaborative Care Model of Integrated Care, Outcomes, Research and evaluation
Session Type
Concurrent
Objective 1
Describe the rationale for aggregating Collaborative Care outcomes across organizations to demonstrate real-world effectiveness.
Objective 2
Identify key methodological challenges involved in cross-site data harmonization and registry alignment.
Objective 3
Discuss how large-scale outcomes collaboration can inform policy, reimbursement, and sustainability of CoCM programs.
Content Reference 1

Reist, C., Petiwala, I., Latimer, J., Raffaelli, S. B., Chiang, M., Eisenberg, D., & Campbell, S. (2022). Collaborative mental health care: A narrative review. Medicine, 101(52), e32554. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000032554

Content Reference 2

Unützer, J., Carlo, A. C., Arao, R., Vredevoogd, M., Fortney, J., Powers, D., & Russo, J. (2020). Variation in the effectiveness of collaborative care for depression: Does it matter where you get your care?. Health Affairs, 39(11), 1943-1950. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01714

Content Reference 3

Archer, J., Bower, P., Gilbody, S., Lovell, K., Richards, D., Gask, L., Dickens, C., & Coventry, P. (2012). Collaborative care for depression and anxiety problems. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 10(10), CD006525. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD006525.pub2