The Center of Excellence for Integrated Care blog will highlight areas of interest through a variety of perspectives with a focus on improving whole-person, whole-community, and whole-state health.
Gratitude – The Helpers.
By Lisa Tyndall, PhD, LMFT In moments when I am lamenting the dumpster fire 2020 has been, gratitude is often the furthest thing from my mind. And yet, in my more mindful moments, I truly believe gratitude offers the highest and best path forward. I have always enjoyed the power of words and one of the things that gets me through some of the harder moments is remembering the inspirational and feel-good quotes I have heard in the past. Recently it was words of wisdom from one of America’s kindest souls. I think this quote has actually been found on many social media sites in the hard times of the past, but it bears repeating. Mr. Fred Rogers said long ago, “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me ‘Look for the helpers. You will […]
Read More>>Fall Integrated Care Learning Opportunity
Many of our sites and partners were excited about the momentum of the NC Integrated Care Symposium created last year. While this year is a bit different, we want to welcome last year’s attendees and future attendees to what we have in store for this November! In the fall of 2019, the Center of Excellence for Integrated Care partnered with Wake AHEC to deliver a symposium on integrated behavioral healthcare. Based on the attendee reviews it was a great success! North Carolina has been on the integrated, whole person care journey for quite some time and it was clear the passion among our healthcare workforce for delivering the highest quality whole person care still runs deep. With a focus on the clinical, financial, and operational aspects of team-based care, the stage was set for the planning of next year’s symposium for 2020. The Center of Excellence of […]
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Essential Understanding: What is psychotherapy?
Friday, September 25th is recognized as “National Psychotherapy Day” in the United States. In healthcare, we have observed that some patients, clients, and providers seem to have an aversion to the idea of psychotherapy, probably due to the stigma associated with the term or related terms. As a team of therapists working to promote behavioral health integration and whole-person care, the Center of Excellence for Integrated Care staff wanted to use today as an opportunity to promote a better understanding of psychotherapy.
Read More>>Implementation in a Flash
This edition of the COE blog is co-authored by Julie Austen, PhD, and Lisa Tyndall, PhD, LMFT. Dr. Austen is an Implementation Specialist at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Tyndall is a Senior Integration Specialist at the Center of Excellence for Integrated Care at the Foundation for Health Leadership & Innovation. Julie is healer who works at the systems level. With expertise and lived experience at the intersections of health psychology, integrated care, community capacity building, knowledge transfer, and minority wellness, she serves as an implementation specialist with UNC’s Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. Colleagues for a decade, Julie and Lisa’s “forward together” paths crossed when they realized that integrated care cannot move forward without an intentional focus on the “how.” Now, the COE team and Julie partner together to strengthen access to evidence-based […]
Read More>>Experiencing Integrated Care
Welcome to the Team In this story, Ricky Caliendo, LMHC, provides a narrative that describes the experience of integrated care from a patient’s perspective. The names of the patient and doctor are fictitious. “Another night of lost sleep,” I think to myself as the screeches of a toddler travel into my bedroom. There he is. At the foot of my bed, with that look only a mother could read. It’s time for breakfast. My stream of consciousness continues as I move through the morning routine. “Breakfast, pack a daycare bag, project for the office, take your medication…what am I missing?…ugh, doctor’s appointment today!” Attempts at applying eye liner and mascara at a red light should mask the lack of sleep. I adjust the rearview mirror to find my three-year-old son’s face showing intense curiosity. “You look like a clown, mommy,” he comments through his giggles. Children are […]
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