Dr. Hoody agreed that collaboration is the key for moving forward with ideas like the medical home. If a physician doesn’t have behavioral health in their practice, they should go out and partner with someone to make it available, he said.
Sanford Health officials are planning to hold another retreat with the same group of primary care physicians at the end of January. At that meeting, they will report on their progress in the first 100 days and work on a plan for the next 100 days, Dr. Pitts said.