Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit. It moves away from fragmented systems, provides alternatives to medication-only treatment paths, and leads patients to practical pathways for healing—whether for anxiety, diabetes management, depression, or addiction.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 390

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. Well, because they’re hard on people with dementia and they can be very hard on families, and they’re a form of crisis. Why would we want to? And then what is next?

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Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 119

GeriPal

JANUARY 16, 2025

So I think the first reason that we saw and felt the opportunity was ripe for updating was that some of us had come across some anecdotal examples of patients expressing some offense to that terminology. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive. Is the patient in your descriptor?

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Patient-Centered IT Patients Healthcare 109

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

I’ve worked in hospital settings as an occupational therapist, inpatient rehab and outpatient rehab. Initially, it was just because there weren’t really answers for my patients. Emmy: I was seeing people in the hospital setting, saying they had had a massive brain injury. ” The patient will nod their head No.

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Family Families IT Diagnosis 102

Vida Family Medicine

JANUARY 18, 2022

Flu and COVID vaccines do not eliminate infections, but they can reduce the risk of infection and drastically reduce the risk of severe disease requiring hospitalization or ICU care. Most people are familiar with the childhood vaccine schedule, but there is a recommended schedule for adults as well.

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Preventive Care Preventative Care Screening Vaccination 52