Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: There is a crisis in the primary care workforce in Canada. 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.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Finance Provider 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MARCH 12, 2025

The four core functions of primary care—the 4Cs (first contact, comprehensiveness, coordination, and continuity)—are fundamental to achieving high-quality care. Given the complex interplay among these functions, gathering patient perspectives on those core functions seems key to effectively operationalizing and measuring them.

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Integrated Care Family Families Mental Health 130

Integrated Care News by CFHA

APRIL 16, 2025

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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Integrated Care Primary Care Mental Health Family Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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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Community Integrated Care Finance Family Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Case management in primary healthcare has been documented as a promising integrated care approach to overcome fragmented care faced by adults with complex healthcare and social needs (hereafter complex needs). Study Design: Qualitative descriptive multiple case study.

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Integrated Care Primary Care Management Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Appropriate care for people with complex needs calls for integrated care programs that include providers from primary care and other health and social services. Research is needed to identify mechanisms supporting successful scale-up of integrated care programs for this population.

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Integrated Care Finance Primary Care Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Setting: Two health and social services organizations and 5 primary care clinics in Quebec, Canada.

Integrated Care 130

Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional Management 130