Woods System of Care
Woods System of Care is a population health management organization that, through its network of affiliates and partners in PA and NJ, provides life-cycle care to meet the lifelong needs of children and adults with intellectual disabilities and autism (ID/A), acquired brain injuries, and mental and behavioral health challenges who require complex care. It serves more than 50,000+ children, adolescents, and adults.
Woods is organized around the principles of population health management and addresses the social determinants of health through a comprehensive continuum and system of care that connects prevention, wellness, education, behavioral health, and social services with coordinated and integrated healthcare delivery.
Addressing the whole person, including physical and behavioral health, is essential for positive health outcomes and cost-effective care. Combining mental health services/expertise with primary care, specialty care and allied health can reduce costs, increase quality of care, and, ultimately, save lives.
Woods System of Care serves neurodivergent populations, including people with intellectual disability and autism; people with behavioral health conditions, including psychiatric and substance use disorders; people who are homeless or who are at risk of homelessness and have medical and/or behavioral health conditions; people who have complex and co-occurring medical and behavioral conditions; people involved in child welfare systems, and neurotypical children.
Services include education, behavioral health care, adult day programs, social services, and integrated health care.
Woods follows an integrated care model, which is based on the following:
- A high degree of collaboration and communication among primary care/specialists/psychiatry/ behavioral health/residential and nursing teams.
- Sharing of information related to patient care and development of a comprehensive treatment plan to address the biological, psychological and social determinants of health for each individual we serve.
- Collaboration with outside agencies to break the barriers and fill in the gaps of service to provide a continuum of care.
- Implementation of the integrated electronic health record is in the process.