Integrated primary care is a service that combines behavioral health and medical services to more fully address the spectrum of problems that patients bring to their primary medical care providers. Shawnee Health Service, The H Group, and Southern Illinois Regional Social Services Inc. (SIRSS) realize the value of primary and behavioral health collaboration and want to improve outcomes for the populations of southern Illinois. It is a team-based model, in which medical and mental health providers partner to facilitate the detection, treatment, and follow-up of psychiatric disorders in the primary care setting. This integrated model allows patients to feel that, for almost any problem, they have come to the right place.
