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Community health workers have the potential to improve outcomes and reduce costs for psychosocially complex, chronically ill patients. Realizing this potential will require increased investment in training, supervision, small patient panels, and longitudinal relationships. This is a personal account of one particularly powerful relationship between a community health worker and his patient.
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This page is a summary of: Opening A Channel: Finding Connection And Healing Beyond The Clinic, Health Affairs, November 2014, Health Affairs,
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2013.0079.
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Resources
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) initiatives on Comprehensive Primary Care, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care, and Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) initiatives on Comprehensive Primary Care, Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care, and Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) models
CMS Health Care Innovation Awards
Addressing Chronic Disease through Community Health Workers: A Policy and Systems-Level Approach
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Links to funding for “Improving Healthcare Systems” and "Addressing Health Disparities."
New York State’s Medicaid Health Homes model
New York City’s Care Coordination program for people living with HIV
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