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General discussion177behavioural scientists, peer support specialists, and professionals from the social domain. In these meetings, patient cases are discussed directly and coordination is optimized, but in addition networking occurs within the GPs’ practice making it easier to leverage one another’s knowledge and networks.61 Moreover, we can learn from best practices related to established collaborative care for other vulnerable patient groups, such as vulnerable elderly. 67 It would be valuable to investigate whether such examples of best practices, with adjustments, are also applicable to patients with both MID and MH problems, and how to incorporate the expertise of ID-care professionals, such as the ID physician, into these models. Moreover, it is crucial to establish structured financing agreements for initiatives that involve domain-transcending collaboration, as this element is currently lacking. 56Box 7.6. Recommendations to strengthen a collaborative and domain-transcending approach in the care for patients with both mild intellectual disabilities and mental health problemsWhat practitioners can doy Have access to an up-to-date regional network for patients with mild intellectual disability (MID), including the social domain, mental health (MH) services, and intellectual disability carey Learn from best practices in other practices or regionsy Connect with key professionals in the region and explore whether collaboration agreements are possible y Ensure adequate information transfer between collaborative partners, including roles and responsibilities regarding the patient What practitioners’ and patients’ networks can doy Be easily accessible for practitioners, for both ad-hoc and structural consultationsy Support and contribute to regional collaboration agreementsy Ensure that, in providing care, consideration is given to co-existing MIDy Ensure adequate information transfer between collaborative partners What policymakers can doy Ensure that (MH) services become inclusive of people with MID and adapt healthcare offerings accordinglyy Give care professionals space to think innovatively, embrace flexibility, and focus on the patient over organizational or financial constraintsy Care organizations and health insurance companies: invest in effective domaintranscending collaboration models and ensure reimbursementWhat researchers can doy Focus on the characteristics and added value of (existing) effective domaintranscending collaboration models at patient, professional, and organizational level7Katrien Pouls sHL.indd 177 24-06-2024 16:26