Nurse practitioners’ ability to provide care independently in rural primary care clinics is associated with reduced emergency department use among older adults with substance use disorder.
Interdisciplinary care teams, telehealth, and flexible payment models are included as key recommendations to increase access to home-based primary care in rural communities.
Multidisciplinary integrated practice units may have a greater impact on acute care utilization by focusing on patients who have high utilization of emergency departments and are uninsured.
Addressing care coordination and medication-related needs within a mobile integrated health care-community paramedicine program leads to a reduction in hospital readmissions.
California community paramedicine and triage to alternative destination programs lead to more coordinated care and reductions in emergency department visits and hospital readmissions.
Toolkit offers guidance for corrections and health care professionals on evidence-based interventions to support the reentry needs of people with behavioral health needs.
Use of recovery housing leads to decreases in readmissions and emergency department visits among individuals recovering from substance use disorder, as well as increased use of primary care.
Analysis of street medicine programs reveals differences in behavioral health services across programs, highlighting key facilitators and challenges to better integration of these services within street medicine.
A primary care practice redesigned its social needs screening and patient triage process to allow specialized staff to spend more time supporting patients with more intensive housing needs.