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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Neftali Serrano

Introduction The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) recognizes the utility and potential for Measurement Based Care (MBC) as a core feature of high-quality integrated healthcare. MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. MBC is much more than simply administering behavioral health measures. Rather, it is an evidence-based, […]

Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Addressing vaccine hesitancy requires tailored, evidence-based strategies to address the causes. WHO grouped these determinants into contextual, individual, and group influences and vaccine/vaccination-specific issues. However, most vaccine hesitancy measurement tools have limited psychometric validation. Further studies correlating measurements with vaccination behavior and validating these tools in different populations, including pediatric populations, are warranted.  Evidence-based strategies for […]

Artificial Intelligence in Health Care

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. I believe that as clinicians, educators and supervisors, we are called to guide this shift. Below, I share three reasons why. Three reasons why learning Artificial Intelligence in health care may be a responsibility and […]

In Search for the Antivax Vaccine: Strategical & Ethical Considerations

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. This would entail developing practical tools to foster critical thinking and reflexivity and exploring ways to make psychological information accessible […]

Doctors Within Borders

It is nighttime, the sky is cloudy, and the sea is dark. Giant radio antennae gyrate as a voice over a speaker says, “Your position” to obtain the boat coordinates. Of course, the question can also serve as an interpellation for the spectator on their position on the issue. Rosi’s camera accompanies members of the […]

Peer-Reviewed Research from Families, Systems, & Health

The field of integrated care is exploding and this is the place to keep pace. Our journal, Family, Systems & Health, gives you the latest innovations in the science behind the work. CFHA members get full-text access to the journal as part of their membership.

Binge-Worthy TV (if you are an integrated care nerd)

Subscribe to our Youtube channel covering the world of primary care behavioral health with webinars and presentations on a variety of healthcare topics related to team-based, integrated and collaborative models of healthcare delivery.

This channel is dedicated to promoting behavioral health integration into primary care in hopes of fortifying and strengthening the system as a whole. Through interviews, role-plays, intervention metaphors, and videos alike, primary care team members of all disciplines can learn the ins and outs of working efficiently and effectively within the primary care system. Additionally, the channel highlights contextual-based behavioral interventions (e.g., focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [fACT]) commonly used in primary care. Dr. Bauman produces these videos in collaboration with the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association.

The Integrated Care Podcast

Listen in as our experts discuss timely topics in the world of integrated care. Part education, part entertainment, this podcast aims to keep you infomed and engaged as we reimagine the universe of healthcare.

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