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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

I am sharing a few excerpts from a family interview I conducted a few years ago that illustrates how integrated behavioral health enhances the four primary care functions. Jamie Devine, DSW, is this practice’s integrated behavioral health clinician. So, I think it’s amazing.” Sometimes we make fidgets.

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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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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. In response, the people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mobilized. Where can we start?

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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Bridging the 17‑Year Research–Practice Gap Implementation scientists estimate that it takes about seventeen years for new evidence to become routine care (Rubin, 2023). Within minutes he integrated the latest findings into practical recommendations for the family. Evidence‑informed care was literally at his fingertips.

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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Education and Information Education and information about vaccines can improve vaccine uptake if there is a significant knowledge gap and if the education is culturally and linguistically appropriate. Likewise, training healthcare professionals on vaccine information alone has not been found to improve vaccine uptake.

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In Search for the Antivax Vaccine: Strategical & Ethical Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

It has been suggested that psychology’s role in this post-truth era should be to help people differentiate between beliefs and facts by studying and developing the meta-cognitive skills necessary for searching, evaluating, and applying information. Trust and truth go hand in hand.