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Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Our Patients Are Already Using AI Many people now ask their first health question to a chatbot rather than to a clinician. Keep it simple because I’m not a great cook.”

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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

On October 6, 2017, a van loaded with medical supplies departed from the Health Center, bound for the local airport. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort. In response, the people of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mobilized.

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Important Outcomes for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Patients Perspective [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Patient Important Outcomes (PIOs) was first introduced in the literature with the criticism that research studies were designed with outcomes relevant to health care providers, but not relevant/important to patients. Study Design & Analysis: Mixed methods study employing physician survey and patient focus groups.

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Don’t Wait to Launch a Membership Medicine Pilot Program: CCP’s plug and play approach makes it easy to get started

Concierge Choice Physicians

Your healthcare organization has a vital untapped resource: your patient relationships. You will not have to turn away patients. There is no need to relocate physicians or patients. There are consequences to delay, however. The healthcare industry is facing a period of great turmoil and uncertainty. There is no cost.

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

A Country Doctor Writes

Its basic argument was that it isn’t sustainable to only see patients one by one in traditional doctor visits. I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. 1) Healthcare is not at all customer centered. These approaches will improve with time.

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OurCare Standard: Advancing patient-centered primary care in Canada [Patient engagement]

Annals of Family Medicine

Bold reform is needed centered on the values and priorities of patients and the public. They wanted a system where every person had access to primary care with accessibility, equity, wellness-oriented care, accountability and patient-centredness being key values.

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Gathering Family Perspectives on Integrated Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Given the complex interplay among these functions, gathering patient perspectives on those core functions seems key to effectively operationalizing and measuring them. Patients experience primary care firsthand, offering valuable insights into the accessibility, scope, coordination, and continuity of services.