A short-term emergency department navigator program helped address acute care utilization for individuals with low baseline utilization through primary care follow up appointments and assistance with social needs.
Medicaid enrollees in a community health worker program had fewer emergency department visits and more outpatient ambulatory care use than beneficiaries who received usual care.
Shared practical implementation considerations that can support health plans and provider groups in developing community-based models of care that use the strengths of social workers and community health workers.
Resources to help organizations plan and implement medical respite care programs, including program development guides, case examples, and implementation tools.
State investments in enhanced primary care for older and chronically ill individuals recently released from incarceration yielded a $2.55 return on investment for Medicaid and criminal justice combined.
Community-based care management programs for patients with complex health and social needs have the potential to reduce hospitalizations and inpatient costs.
Pharmacy co-dispensing of naloxone with opioid prescriptions improved naloxone receipt and overdose prevention knowledge without encouraging risk behaviors.
Interdisciplinary primary care models can help reduce acute care use for individuals with histories of high emergency department use, homelessness, or substance use disorder.
A hospital-based program showed that peer recovery coaching can be seamlessly integrated into the workflow of busy emergency departments to address the longer-term needs of people with substance use disorders.
Systematic review finds that gender-response programs are associated with reductions in reincarceration for women with substance use disorder leaving jail or prison.
Research review finds that incorporating community health workers into primary care reduced A1c levels and improved self-management and satisfaction among older adults with diabetes.
Patients and community health workers (CHWs) share perspectives on the impact of CHW services provided within a primary care setting to address barriers to equitable care.
A participatory design approach created a nurse-driven screening process to better identify and treat people with opioid use disorder in the emergency department.