Practice Integration Profile PIP Lexicon of Collaborative Care
This lexicon is a set of concepts and definitions developed by expert consensus for what we mean by behavioral health and primary care integration, a functional definition, what things look like in practice. A consensus lexicon enables effective communication and concerted action among clinicians, care systems, health plans, payers, researchers, policymakers, business modelers and patients working for effective, widespread implementation on a meaningful scale.
AHRQ developed Lexicon for Behavioral Health and Primary Care Integration: Concepts and Definitions Developed by Expert Consensus. AHRQ Publication No.13-IP001-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2013.