Integrated Care News by CFHA

JUNE 12, 2025

Families received help finding housing and employment, transferring social security benefits, and accessing healthcare. That experience still shapes my thinking today, as I reflect on how we might expand our healthcare teams’ presence and impact within the community. In response, the people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mobilized.

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Community Integrated Care Patient-Centered Families 130

LEAD Physician

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Build Relationships Physicians must establish solid and lasting relationships with the individuals in their practice. Physicians should utilize these relationships by learning the names of their coworkers and patients and spending one-on-one time with them to build trust and foster strong relationships.

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Relationship Education Management Patients 52

GeriPal

JUNE 20, 2024

Widera and Smith have no relationships to disclose. Guests George Kuchel & Alison Huang have no relationships to disclose. On our last podcast about urinary incontinence the song request was, “Let it go.” This time around several suggestions were raised. Eric suggested, “Even Flow,” by Pearl Jam. AMA PRA Category 1 credit(s) ™.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Clinic 120

GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Summary Transcript Summary. What would it take to transform dementia care? Alex: We have a full house today. We’re delighted to welcome Judy Long, who’s a palliative care chaplain at UCSF and a caregiver. Judy, welcome to the GeriPal podcast. Judy: Thank you. It’s great to be here. Alex: Great. So take it away. When was that, 2010?

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Community IT Individual Patient-Centered 101

GeriPal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

As BJ MIller writes in the foreword, “ May this book be a portal — a way for us to move beyond the unwise territory of trying to ‘do it right’ and into the transcendent terrain of noticing what we can notice, loving who we love, and letting death — like life –surprise us with its ineffable beauty. I got questions. Thank you, Alex.

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IT Patient-Centered Patients Relationship 122

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Summary Transcript CME Summary If palliative care was a drug, one question we would want to know before prescribing it is what dose we should give. Give too little – it may not work. But before we jump into that topic, Jennifer, do you have a song request for Alex? Jennifer 01:20 I do have a song request for Alex. Saw them play a couple times.

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Hospital 119

GeriPal

JUNE 26, 2025

-Alex Smith Additional links mentioned by Tsai-Chin Cho: – Wealth shocks and mortality in the US – Change in marital status as a risk for wealth shock ** NOTE: To claim CME credit for this episode, click here ** Transcript Eric 00:11 W elcome to the GeriPal p odcast. This is Eric Widera. Alex 00:12 This is Alex Smith. Is it you, Rebecca?

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Illness Hospital IT Patient-Centered 73