Whole Person Healthcare Delivers Value
A “one-stop-shop” for whole-person medical and behavioral health needs.
Quick facts:
- Primary care physicians deliver half of all mental health services and up to 92% of mental services among the elderly because patients prefer to seek behavioral health care from their family physician.
- People who have depression and another medical illness tend to have more severe symptoms of both illnesses.
- Treating depression and chronic illness together can help people better manage both their depression and their chronic disease.
Healthcare has become a “hot topic” in the last year as the pandemic became a quick reality to people around the world. Unfortunately, while physical health became a priority, the focus on mental and emotional health was minimized creating a major disconnect between treatments provided to patients around the country.
Value to the Patients
Research and data gathered has continued to express the importance of providing collaborative treatment for physical and mental health because they each impact the overall health of an individual. If a physical ailment is treated by a doctor, there can still be emotional, behavioral, and mental ailments associated with the physical conditions that are left untreated.
When this happens it leaves an unfilled gap in a person’s recovery that can have a negative impact on their lives even after treatment is delivered. As patients seek out help from doctors, psychiatrists, and behavioral health specialists, they don’t consider the importance of connecting the treatments, and most of the time, neither do the professionals that are treating them.
Value to the Providers
Family physicians spend a substantial amount of time treating their patients, providing them with assistance on various conditions, unhealthy behaviors, and medical issues while other doctors or behavioral health specialists provide treatment and counseling for patients with psychiatric conditions, trauma, and mental health concerns.
As previously mentioned, when there is a disconnect in mental and physical treatment, providers often deliver care for the ailment they are asked to treat without having a full view of the problem considering mental and physical health are closely linked. In fact, data and research have shown that mental and behavioral health play a major role in the overall welfare of a person. For example, one study found that positive psychological health can reduce the risks of heart attacks and strokes.
By having a family medicine and behavioral health services together in one place, providers can get a complete picture of their patient’s health and create the ultimate plan of success to provide them the best treatment options for improving their quality of life.
Other Benefits
There are many more reasons why whole-person healthcare delivers value to both patient and provider including:
- Increased patient comfort – Patients build a bond and comfort with their family physicians and are more likely to be comfortable speaking about their overall health.
- Reduced patient cost – Patients do not need to travel to different areas to be treated.
- Improved access to services – Combined services improves the accessibility of timely and targeted mental and physical treatment.
- Improved reimbursement process – Combined services makes billing and reimbursement for insurance providers easier than billing multiple areas of treatment.
How Caya Health is Making a Difference
Caya Health uses a holistic integrated healthcare approach that combines internal family medicine with counseling and psychiatric services to help patients plan their path to healing physically, mentally, and spiritually. As an “integrated” health center, Caya Health understands the strong connection between the body, the mind, and the environment in which people live allowing them to better serve their community and empower people to a greater quality of life.
As a family of health professionals who are passionate about helping patients achieve their health goals, Caya Health prioritizes their patient’s whole well-being providing services in family medicine, psychiatry, and counseling all in one place.
Call to schedule an appointment to get help in achieving your goals through a mind, body, and soul approach, known as holistic integrative care.
The post Whole Person Healthcare Delivers Value appeared first on Caya Health.









