Methods First, a literature review was conducted to identify features for achieving integrated
service delivery. Second, a thematic analysis method was used to develop a taxonomy of …

Purpose To examine the evolution of health care integration strategies and associated
conceptualization and practice through a review and synthesis of over 25 years of …

Methods In the Canadian province of Ontario, government mandated the development of
fourteen Local Health Integration Networks in 2006. Against the backdrop of these efforts to …

Researchers have documented mental health disparities uniquely affecting African
Americans and have identified common help-seeking patterns and barriers to effective …

Implementation science is concerned with the study of adoption, implementation and
maintenance of evidence-based interventions and use of implementation strategies to …

Objective: The recognition of concurrent disorders (combined mental health and substance
use disorders) has increased substantially over the last three decades, leading to greater …

Purpose–Knowledge integration is the process of building shared mental models. The
integration of the diverse knowledge of the health professions in shared mental models is a …

Complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory views healthcare as numerous sub-systems
characterized by diverse agents that interact, self-organize, and continuously adapt. We …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the enactment of collaborative governance
as a policy strategy in healthcare–in particular its effects in coordinating multiple …

Objective To review common qualitative and quantitative methods of measuring shared
mental models appropriate for use in the healthcare setting. Background Shared mental …