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  • Introduction
  • Putting the Key Activities in Context
  • Foundational Key Activities
    • 1. Convene an IBH Implementation Team
    • 2: Enhance the Culture of Integrated Behavioral Healthcare
    • 3: Enhance Operational Integration of Behavioral Health
    • 4: Develop Strategies to Maximize Capacity of IBH Services
    • 5: Enhance Inreach and Outreach to Engage People in Behavioral Healthcare
    • 6: Expand Access to Integrated Care
    • 7: Incorporate Preventive Activities into Acute Visits
    • 8: Use Care Gap Reports or Registries to Identify All Patients Eligible and Due for Behavioral Health Screening and Follow-Up
    • 9: Develop or Refine and Implement a Pre-Visit Planning Process
    • 10: Screen Adults for Depression, Including Suicidality
    • 11: Implement Suicide Risk Assessment and Response Protocol
    • 12: Screen Adults for Anxiety
    • 13: Screen Adults for Unhealthy Substance Use
    • 14: Develop a Social Needs Screening Process that Informs Patient Treatment Plans
    • 15: Use a Systematic Approach to Address Inequities within the Population of Focus
    • 16: Foster Collaborative Teamwork with a Focus on Power Sharing Among Disciplines
    • 17: Embed Evidence-Based Care Practices
    • 18: Develop and Implement Standing Orders
    • 19: Optimize Patient Engagement and Activation
    • 20: Coordinate Care
  • Going Deeper Key Activities
    • 21: Optimize Telehealth
    • 22: Provide Proactive Inreach and Outreach to Help Adolescents Engage in Behavioral Healthcare
    • 23: Screen Adolescents for a Range of Behavioral Health Needs
    • 24: Manage Treatment of Adolescents’ Behavioral Health Needs in Integrated Person-Centered Ways
    • 25: Continue to Develop Referral Relationships and Pathways
    • 26: Strengthen Community Partnerships
    • 27: Strengthen a Culture of Equity
  • On the Horizon Key Activities
    • 28: Improve Care of People with More Severely Impacting Conditions
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A: Sample Idealized System Diagram
    • Appendix B: Theory of Change
    • Appendix C: Developing a Robust Measurement Strategy
    • Appendix D: Guidance on Technological Interventions
  • Suggested Citation and Acknowledgements

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