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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

These excerpts also emphasize the interconnection between those functions and the role of integrated care in removing the stigma associated with mental health and strengthening the patient-provider relationship. I think it’s so convenient, especially to have the provider just come in. So, I think it’s amazing.”

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system. This study also provides the first formal evaluation of the KHH program.

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Our team—the Integrated Behavioral Health team at Holyoke Health Center—established a psychological first aid station at Enlace. We offered trauma-informed support and helped newly displaced individuals connect with health and community resources. Where can we start? Don’t wait for perfection—start with pilot partnerships.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. Providing incentives such as tying vaccination to insurance-related or public benefits or offering small monetary or non-monetary incentives can also improve vaccine uptake.

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Planning scale-up of integrated care programs for people with complex needs: a multiple case study [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Adults with complex needs require health and social services from a variety of providers, which can lead to frequent use of services. Appropriate care for these people calls for integrated care.

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How value-based care can transform health care for older adults

Permanente Medicine

In a commentary published in Becker’s Hospital Review, Maria Ansari, MD, FACC, and Ramin Davidoff, MD, co-CEOs of The Permanente Federation, explain why value-based care provides a blueprint for ensuring our health care system can deliver high-quality care to the growing population of older adults.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Nguyen explained that having integrated care delivery at Kaiser Permanente means that at every step in a patient’s journey, someone is contributing to delivering the best care possible. “Every interaction matters and every person matters.” It’s around providing the best value.