About Cartesian Solutions™
Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ is a medical management consulting company
dedicated to assisting clients integrate physical health and MH/SUD
services and/or the process changes needed to accomplish integrated
care for patients with physical illnesses, MH/SUDs, or both. Cartesian
Solutions, Inc.™ consultants works
with general medical
hospitals, primary care and psychiatry departments, and primary
care or multispecialty medical clinics introducing integrated
clinical practices, medical health plans insourcing MH/SUD business
and/or wishing to integrate physical health and MH/SUD business
practices, large employers and Medicare/Medicaid programs
desiring improved access to coordinated physical health and MH/SUD
services for employees and/or enrollees, health
care-related software vendors servicing clients with integrated
care programs in development, and health management vendors interested
in introducing
integrated care management approaches for their constituencies. Clients who
have taken advantage of Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™ services include:
hospitals and clinics (Duke University, University of Chicago, Maine
Medical Center); health plans (BCBSMA, Humana/Corphealth); employers
(State of Minnesota Department of Employee Relations, 3M); software
companies (McKesson); health management (Health Integrated, Matria);
educational programs (Health Integrated, Tufts, University of Utah,
DMAA). Examples of international clients include: Free University
Hospitals (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Monash Medical Center (Melbourne,
Australia), Calgary Health Region (Calgary, Canada).
While Dr. Kathol, President of Cartesian
Solutions, Inc.™, is well versed in many areas in which integrated
physical health and MH/SUD strategies bring value to clients, Cartesian Solutions,
Inc.™ adds focused clinical, e.g. geriatrics, pediatrics, care management,
etc.; business; actuarial; statistical; and information systems external consultants when
the contract requires.
What is the Cartesian "Solution"?
René Descartes posited that the mind (soul) of man was distinct from
his body with limited interaction or communication, a concept known
as Cartesian Dualism. While he later clarified that there was
a "union
of the mind and the body...known very clearly through the senses"
in a letter to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia (circa 1643), his original
published works are mirrored by health care systems worldwide.
Descartes's "mind/body separation" parallels the clinical
and administrative processes which encourage the dis-integration
of psychiatric (mind) and physical (body) services and service support
with independent
practitioners in disparate locations, supported by autonomous and
competing, payment pools. The Cartesian "Solution" draws on the unpublished,
and often unrecognized, clarification by Descartes, which acknowledges
the union of the body and mind and recognizes the important interaction
between the two.
Cartesian Solutions, Inc.™
3004 Foxpoint Rd. - Burnsville, MN 55337
Phone: 952-426-1626 - Fax: 952-426-1200
E-mail: integration@cartesiansolutions.com
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