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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. Invest in Person-Centered, Data-Informed Care Support the use of measurement-based care (MBC), which allows providers to track symptoms over time, improve quality, and avoid unnecessary treatments.

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The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

This was in part because we shared patients and patient experiences between our departments and had a bidirectional way of making warm handoffs. If a primary care patient was going through a difficult time with their social life or mental health, we would walk them down the hall to meet a therapist right then and there.

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

June 10, 2025) — Maria Ansari, MD, FACC , co-CEO of The Permanente Federation at Kaiser Permanente, has been named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives for 2025. The result is high-quality, high-value care within an integrated system — improving lives and shaping the future of health care.”

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Evaluation of a pre-consultation tool for older adults in primary care: Results from a randomized controlled trial [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Pre-consultation questionnaires designed to provide rapid assessments of the physical, social, mental and cognitive health of older adults may support effective primary care management and improved patient outcomes for this population. Study Design and Analysis: Multi-center, 1:1 individually randomized trial design.

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Episode 207: The Consult Question #4 – Fevers and Arthralgias

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Dua MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Rheumatology, Rheumatology Fellowship Program Director and Director of the Northwestern Vasculitis Center at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Dua currently leads a multidisciplinary team in the clinical management of vasculitis patients.

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Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural Northern New England for Adults [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

To this end we have collaborated with three rural Federally Qualified Health Centers in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont and surveyed their patient populations ages 25 to 65 to understand their knowledge of and perception of the COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

As chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation, Dr. Bridges oversees coordination of national clinical quality care programs across Kaiser Permanente for its 12.6 The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. million members.