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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

As healthcare professionals we can: ask during history taking what the patient has already searched or generated with AI, clarify when an AI answer is helpful and when a live conversation is safer, and show patients how to write better prompts so they receive accurate, actionable advice. Cureus , 17(1), e76825.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake. Standing orders allow healthcare professionals to administer vaccines according to a protocol approved by a supervising authorized practitioner and have demonstrated improved vaccine uptake.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Panelists Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin have no relationships to disclose. I would like them to get married and unite, and have this real integrated care model. Are they using substances intermittently or is there a pattern of substance use disorder? Katie: Yeah. Eric: Great.

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

GeriPal

I knew them, I developed a relationship with them. As a managed care state also, our care managers in managed care for Medicaid could be 300 miles away. It’s somebody different every month, and you never develop that relationship. I would go into somebody’s home where I could do a visual check.