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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort. Where can we start?

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Power to the Patient with Patient Generated Health Data

FDA Law Blog

Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) recently partnered with the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) to host a two-day workshop to help advance the use of patient-generated health data (PGHD) to support improved clinical trials, medical device development, and regulatory science.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Expanding ABIM’s engagement with stakeholder communities such as early career physicians, specialty societies and patient-focused organizations. Dr. McDonald explained that the LKA provides MOC points for questions answered correctly, but since ABIM is not an accreditation organization, it does not offer CME credit.

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Let’s Listen to Patients: FDA Releases Final Guidance on Patient Engagement in the Design and Conduct of Medical Device Clinical Studies

FDA Law Blog

Bauer, Senior Regulatory Drug Expert — Our readers probably know that we value and advocate for patient engagement as an essential component in the development of medical products (see our firm’s commitment here ).

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Wearables, Sensors, and Apps Part 1 – Updates on FDA’s PDUFA VII Goals for the Use of Digital Health Technologies in Drug and Biological Product Development

FDA Law Blog

A DHT is considered “a system that uses computing platforms, connectivity, software, and sensors for healthcare and related uses.” FDA has made good progress on these initial goals, providing updates on the first four on the Digital Health Technologies (DHTs) for Drug Development website.

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FDA Takes Another Small Step to Increase Naloxone Access

FDA Law Blog

Most states have some form of naloxone standing order that allows a healthcare provider to write a prescription that covers a large group of people rather than just an individual patient. syringes), to any individual without a patient-specific prescription. plies for administration (e.g.,

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

Which patients are eligible to go to an ACE unit? So I picked the Ed Sheeran song, The A Team, because it reminds me of our ACE team that goes around the hospital and cares for our older patients. And a light bulb just went off in my head, like, yes, this makes sense as a model for how we should care for more complex older patients.

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