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Connecting a primary care patient with behavioral health treatment could be a phone call away

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Connecting a primary care patient with behavioral health treatment could be a phone call away
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Many primary care physicians could use more help finding a trusted referral partner for patients in need of behavioral health care services, including psychiatric medication management. (Getty photo)Rhode Island does not have the primary care capacity to meet the needs of the more than 1.1 million people who live here. Strategic proposals are on the table to help attract and retain primary care physicians, but the issue is more than simply not having enough of them. 
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