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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

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. It offers care where people already are: their doctor’s office, their community mental health clinic, their OB/GYN’s exam room.

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Primary care workforce planning within integrated care models: Application of a workforce planning toolkit [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

While approaches have been developed to support primary care health human resource (HHR) planning, most planning is conducted within sector silos and there are few examples that consider a regional approach within an integrated care system. Apply a HHR planning framework to one Ontario Health Team, a model of integrated care.

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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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Integration with intention

Sound Physicians

Integrating your emergency and hospital medicine programs can make a huge difference in mitigating messy handoffs. Identifying misalignment: The misalignment of people, process, and technology is the most common obstacle when it comes to successfully integrating emergency and hospital medicine.

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Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Permanente Medicine

(June 19, 2025) — National health care leaders from Kaiser Permanente and the Alliance of Community Health Plans will share insights on value-based care during a free Permanente Live webinar on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. The pursuit of value-based care has long been a clarion call for strengthening the American health care system.

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Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, named to Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives

Permanente Medicine

Kaiser Permanente is comprised of the Permanente Medical Groups and Kaiser Foundation Health Plans and Hospitals. Advocating for value-based care on Capitol Hill, including measures to support the physician pipeline, improve health care quality, health IT, and coordinated care. million Kaiser Permanente members.

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

Bridges oversees coordination of national clinical quality care programs across Kaiser Permanente for its 12.6 Permanente Medical Groups, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans, and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals together comprise Kaiser Permanente. million members. Dr. Bridges joined SCPMG in 2008. million Kaiser Permanente members.