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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Scaling up integrated care programs for people with complex needs: a realist synthesis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Appropriate care for people with complex needs calls for integrated care programs that include providers from primary care and other health and social services. Research is needed to identify mechanisms supporting successful scale-up of integrated care programs for this population. healthier communities).

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Adoption, implementation, and impact of a Diabetes Navigator program based in primary care [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Patients with diabetes who receive structured and integrated care have better control and outcomes; however, care may shift between multiple settings making coordination challenging. Study Design and Analysis: Adoption and implementation of the program is described using descriptive statistics.

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Personalized medicine in a community health system: the Endeavor Health experience [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Genomic and personalized medicine implementation efforts have largely centered on specialty care in tertiary health systems. There are few examples of fully integrated care systems that span the healthcare continuum.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Nguyen, also the chief medical officer for care navigation with the Federation, described the innovation priorities at Kaiser Permanente. These priorities include supporting the physician workforce, utilizing data and predictive interventions to improve patient outcomes, and boosting quality and affordability for patients.