Care team models with more nurse practitioners and physician assistants than physicians are associated with increased primary care and geriatrics services provision and reduced labor costs.
An interdisciplinary team approach can improve care coordination and reduce length of hospital stays for older adults with complex health and social needs.
CAPABLE, a home-based care program that provides interdisciplinary services for older adults, leads to reductions in disability as well as cost savings.
Case study of interdisciplinary primary care program for high-risk patients based at an academic health system offers lessons on program design and implementation.
Peer providers with lived experiences of substance use and mental health disorders can help improve patient outcomes and play a unique role in the behavioral health workforce.
A Comprehensive Medication Management program that employs a remote clinical pharmacist effectively addresses most drug therapy problems in a complex care population.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Cityblock Health implemented a virtually integrated care management model to maintain continuity of care for patients with complex needs.
Home-based program provided by a community health and social worker reduces acute care use and improves care for older adults with complex health and social needs.
Peer recovery services offered to people with substance use disorder returning to community from incarceration is shown to reduce substance use and improve health and treatment motivation.
Initiative successfully implemented several evidence-based and promising addiction care models across multiple medical settings, including an inpatient addiction consult team, a low-threshold bridge clinic, peer recovery coaches, and office-based addiction treatment nurses.