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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

I am sharing a few excerpts from a family interview I conducted a few years ago that illustrates how integrated behavioral health enhances the four primary care functions. They have that individual there that can provide those services and then potentially have them, you know if they need to get services.

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Residents and local leaders joined forces to send food and clothing to the island and to welcome newly arrived families to their town. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort.

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"We feel alone and not listened to": Somali, Hmong and Latin American Parents Perspectives on Pediatric Serious Illness [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Listening to families from these communities about their experiences could identify modifiable barriers to quality pediatric serious illness care and facilitate the development of potential improvements. Results: Parents desired two-way trusting and respectful relationships with medical staff. Intervention: NA. Outcome Measures: NA.

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Functional Culture Creation and Trauma-informed Care: A Conceptual Model of Change for Labor and Delivery [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze focus group and individual interview data. Population Studied: Nurses, family physicians, obstetricians, midwives, and hospital leaders involved in L&D at selected hospitals. Results: Labor and delivery leaders reported reacting to external pressure (e.g.

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Molecular Analysis Improves FH Prognosis & Risk Stratification

Physician's Weekly

Adding genetic testing to clinical familial hypercholesterolemia screening improves risk assessment, prognosis and helps to guide targeted therapy. These individuals have total cholesterol counts exceeding 240 mg/dL, which increases their risk of heart disease. Familial hypercholesterolemia is one subset of hypercholesterolemia.

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Feasibility and Acceptability of the "About Me" Care Card as a Tool for Engaging Older Adults in Conversations About Cognitive Impairment [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Informed by an environmental scan, we created and pilot-tested prototypes at implementation sites. We developed and tested the feasibility and acceptability of a tool to enhance conversations for adults with cognitive impairment at the point of care. All phases were overseen by a multidisciplinary steering committee.

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Health Care Homes Certification: Advancing Primary Care in MN

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians has been a longtime supporter of HCH, as some of our leaders were involved as the initiative came together. Many of our family medicine physicians work in certified health care homes; they value the infrastructure that the HCH model provides to ensure comprehensive and coordinated care.