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Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention: Patient navigation program to specialist treatment from primary care with additional referral to behavioral health services. A particular focus was those falling outside of the traditional birth cohort.

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Action Needed to Close Racial Gaps in Autism Services

Physician's Weekly

“Although there has been considerable progress in diagnosing autism in people from minoritized racial and ethnic backgrounds, the autism field must begin to devote more resources and attention to improving services and quality of life for minoritized autistic people,” Diondra Straiton, PhD , tells Physician’s Weekly.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

Not just with our aging and independent services, but also with our behavioral health services, with our public health services, with our medical care services, to really have everyone see older people as part of their work. And that referral can be done in real time, a soft handoff.