He is currently working closely with others in the department including child psychiatry and psychology to establish a program to integrate mental and behavioral health care into primary care practices across southern Louisiana, and in the future, across other states which face similar access-to-care challenges in remote coastal communities. Among other methods, Dr. Wells is utilizing a combination of on-site clinics, care coordinators, and pooled resource telemedicine clinics to facilitate robust communication between academic specialists and the often isolated and remote healthcare practices and patients which need them. This program also allows him to offer psychiatry residents unique training opportunities in clinical integration and telemedicine.