Table 1. Contextual Factors that Shape Coordinating, Collaborating and Consulting

Factors	Consulting: Advice Seeking/Giving	Coordinating: Separate, but Aligned Care Delivery	Collaborating: Shared Sense Making, Decision Making
Patient	Problem/situation definable		Problem/situation is complicated
Patient	Identified as needing expertise of another provider		Identified as needing professionals from different backgrounds to make sense of problem/treatment
Clinician	Clinician with expertise to answer patient care question	Clinician with expertise carries out next steps/treatment	Clinicians work together to clarify patients' needs
	Clinicians from different disciplines work as a team, conduct care team huddles and meet to discuss clinical care, close proximity of team, flexible schedule/time for warm handoffs.
Practice	Clinicians from different disciplines (often colocated) are rapidly and reliably accessible to answer questions
System	Support for communication between separate behavioral and medical practices	Support for synchronizing (behavioral and medical) care over time	Support for shared learning about and with the patient.
Problem	Discrete problem	Definable, discrete problem	Complex, hard-to-define problem that seems intractable to treatment and/or linked to medical or social problem
	Little uncertainty	Moderate uncertainty or routine care need	Professionals need longer dialogue to clarify best strategy to deliver and engage patient in treatment
	Information, when provided, allows advice seeker to act independently	Professional has expertise to address care need
		Quick discussion positions professionals to act in loosely connected way
		Engages patient in treatment