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Neftali Serrano
February 11, 2025 by Neftali Serrano

The African-American Experience: A Masterclass on Resistance For Healthcare Providers

Howard Thurman, a spiritual founder of the civil rights movement once wrote, “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” His words challenge us to resist stagnation, conformity, and systems that stifle our ability to effect meaningful change. […]

Category iconCEO's Desk Tag iconmental health,  pediatric,  integrated care,  Primary Care

June 12, 2024 by Jen Thomas, MD

Calling All Docs! Code BH: Behavioral Health

7 minute read From the fifth floor window of the resident lounge, I could see the downtown Chicago skyline in the distance from Hinsdale Hospital. The Hinsdale Family Medicine Residency building was across the street from the hospital I would call home for the next 3 years, connected by an underground tunnel that came in […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconFamily Medicine,  Primary Care,  mental health,  team

November 27, 2023 by Julie Geiler

“Your Costco Provider is Ready to See You”: When Mental Health Goes Retail

5 minute read Most people wouldn’t think of  CVS, Kroger, Walgreens, Walmart or Costco as their primary care home.  Even fewer would consider these retailers as their behavioral health provider location.  However, each of these retail giants is reaching for larger portions of the health care marketplace to supplement their core business.   Consumers, frustrated […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconretail,  mental health,  Primary Care

September 29, 2023 by Julie Geiler

Redefining the Gun Debate: A Fresh Perspective on Safety and Mental Health

3 minute read In the ongoing gun debate, one side sees guns as tools for self-defense, while the other sees them as instruments of harm. Both perspectives hold truths, but as gun-related incidents continue to rise, this discussion has reached a fevered pitch. Increasingly, mental illness is proposed as the root cause of gun violence […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconscreening,  mental health,  policy,  gun safety

Matthew P. Martin
November 18, 2022 by Matthew P. Martin

Mental Healthcare: Maybe the Treatment Doesn’t Match the Diagnosis

5 minute read Most of my training and career have focused on the individual or family sitting in front of me asking for relief from their suffering. I have spent many hours learning how to engage, evaluate, and treat complex human beings who walk through the clinic door. It’s hard and rewarding work; but the […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconpolicy,  mental health,  stress

Neftali Serrano
October 26, 2022 by Neftali Serrano

Behaviorists In Family Medicine Deserve An Upgrade

5 Minute Read Family medicine residency programs have long had behaviorists as part of the educational experience for physicians-in-training, but the role has not kept up with the many changes in training and healthcare over the last few decades. And so you have behavioral science faculty with unclear and often conflicting mandates for their work, […]

Category iconCEO's Desk Tag iconresidents,  mental health,  integrated care,  Family Medicine

Neftali Serrano
February 17, 2021 by Neftali Serrano

Healthcare Policy Principles Our Community Supports

Our community is a rarity in the healthcare world. We do not represent a guild. We do not represent a sector of the healthcare industry. We do not represent a disease category. We represent an idea. That idea is that healthcare works best when professionals, in tandem with families and their communities, work together within […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconhealthcare,  policy,  mental health,  integrated care,  Primary Care

October 13, 2020 by Nina Russin

Brave New World: Technology is Helping Providers to Find Affective Disorders Earlier, but Patient Privacy Concerns Abound

5 minute read Although we can’t predict what the post-pandemic world will look like, it is certain that it will bear little resemblance to the period preceding the current crisis. Mobile health and Internet technologies have been developing at breakneck pace, reflecting the recent focus on telehealth, as well as the omnipresence of cell phones. […]

Category iconIntegrated Care News Tag iconmental health,  patient privacy,  health technology

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