Preparing the clinicians of tomorrow: Weaving integrated care across doctor of nursing practice education

In today's changing landscape of health care, integrated health care is essential for achieving the aspirations of the Triple Aim – improving patient care quality and satisfaction and improving population health outcomes while reducing costs (Berwick, Nolan,& Whittington, 2008). Integrated health care is defined as the comprehensive delivery of primary and psychiatric health care in a cost effective patient centered design (Lewis et al., 2014). Specialty silos in health care remain ineffective and the future of health care will rely on integrated care provided by interspecialty and interdisciplinary teams.
Source: Archives of Psychiatric Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research