CTC-RI in the Spotlight

ConvergenceRI: On the front lines with primary care

By Richard Asinof

June 1, 2020

"An interview with Debra Hurwitz, the executive director of the Care Transformation Collaborative, an innovative, all-payer initiative that has created a unified program of primary health care in Rhode Island. She talks about how primary care practices are responding to the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic."

UMass Medical School Blog: Learning to Fly: A Journey into Teaching and Mentoring in IBH

By Nelly Burdette

June 15, 2020

In the midst of a world-wide pandemic, behavioral health needs have grown to epidemic proportions among many who have no history of mental illness, as well as those who have long experienced mental illness. In an analogy that many have used, it often feels like learning to fly while already in the air. From this perspective, I feel compelled, as a health psychologist trained in integrated care, to consider how mental health clinicians may find innovative ways to use their skills in assisting systems of care that need our guidance most.