The Center of Excellence for Integrated Care is a program of the NC Foundation for Advanced Health Programs. We train and support healthcare providers to improve the quality of care for patients seen across the health system. The Center is an expert resource for the support of health care providers in the integration of medical care with behavioral health (mental health) care.

Directed by Regina Dickens, the Center operates with a small interdisciplinary team, bolstered by experts in medicine, behavioral health, emergency medicine, billing and coding, and health care management. Working with multiple stakeholders, the Center ensures that consistent, evidence-based standards of care are adopted across health care settings, so that patients receive best practices wherever they seek care.

“This innovative new center does precisely what we need to be doing in health care today," said Gov. Bev Perdue. "It will deliver better care and do so more efficiently."