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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Patients experience primary care firsthand, offering valuable insights into the accessibility, scope, coordination, and continuity of services. Their feedback can help identify gaps, refine innovations, and ensure that enhancements truly improve patient-centered care. So, I think it’s amazing.” Sometimes we make fidgets.

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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

At the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA), we see your agenda aligning with ours in powerful ways. If your vision for health in America is about access, dignity, and truly holistic care, then integrated care should be at the heart of your Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) platform.

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Families received help finding housing and employment, transferring social security benefits, and accessing healthcare. Our team—the Integrated Behavioral Health team at Holyoke Health Center—established a psychological first aid station at Enlace. In response, the people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mobilized. Where can we start?

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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. For AI in Primary Care, Start With the Problem.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Availability and Requirements Vaccination programs in communities, including schools, childcare centers, community gathering places, and homes, also successfully improve vaccine uptake, especially for children less likely to access healthcare. Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires tailored, evidence-based strategies to address the causes.

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Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: People living in precarious socio-economic conditions are at greater risk of developing mental and physical health disorders, and of having complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Appropriate care for these people calls for integrated care from the healthcare, social services, and community networks.