Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit. You don’t have to build it from scratch.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 390

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right. Why would we want to? Now, we would believe this from a primary care perspective.

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. Emmy: Ended up starting a program, outpatient at our hospital at the time. How did you get interested in this? Emmy: About 25%.

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GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

The annual wellness visit, well, is a great time to check in because those are really tailor made opportunities. Patient just got discharged from the hospital, just coming back from the skilled nursing facility. And ideally at other times too. But I will still be available to you and I will support that person.

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Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Flu and COVID vaccines do not eliminate infections, but they can reduce the risk of infection and drastically reduce the risk of severe disease requiring hospitalization or ICU care. Following the recommended vaccine schedule is a safe and effective way to keep yourself, your children, and your community healthy.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Screening Vaccination 52