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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

Integrated care is already doing that—and we’re ready to help scale it nationwide. We’re already doing it in places like community health centers in New Mexico, rural clinics in North Carolina, and urban hospital systems in Chicago. You don’t have to build it from scratch.

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Taking Control of Your Health: The Benefits of Preventative Care

Newnan Family Medicine Associates

Preventative care is a way to keep you healthy while detecting diseases and illnesses when they are treatable, reducing complications. However, people don’t usually think about visiting hospitals until they experience. Your overall health is important for improved quality of life and peace of mind.

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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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This safety-net hospital doctor treats mostly uninsured and undocumented patients

NPR Health - Shots

Many of Ricardo Nuila's patients at Houston's Ben Taub Hospital are dealing with serious illnesses as a result of not being able to access basic preventive care. His new book is The People's Hospital. Image credit: Gregory Smith/Corbis via Getty Images)

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

We provide many more services over the phone and virtually and we have a whole division for preventative care. The drugs are better, but the way patients engage with doctors during office visits and hospital stays is unchanged. The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point.

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This doctor wants to prescribe a cure for homelessness

NPR Health - Shots

A growing hospital movement aims to improve health outcomes of homeless patients with what might be considered the ultimate preventive care: providing them with a home. Image credit: University Health Network)

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Physician leaders discuss how Permanente Medicine delivers value-based care

Permanente Medicine

Though value-based health care exists in different flavors, the most successful recipe prioritizes preventive care, physician leadership, innovations that drive quality outcomes, population health management rather than episodic care, and collaboration between physicians, clinicians, primary care, and specialty care.