Our national example has been Prospect Medical Holdings, a for-profit, 17-hospital chain serving mostly low-income patients in California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Jersey. As early as 2020, ProPublica, the independent investigative journalism outfit, published a lengthy expose about how Leonard Green and Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm which bought a controlling […]
How Micro-Skills Shape Patient Outcomes and Interprofessional Collaboration through fostering an integrated care model that brings together medical, behavioral, and allied health professionals to provide comprehensive, whole-person treatment. Through this post we will dive into the argument that communication functions as a core clinical and operational competency in not only integrated care, but effective care. […]
Two LMFTs explore career choice through the lens of family-of-origin and a drive towards systems change–Part II of II Reflections on an Unusual Upbringing This two-part blog was inspired by a conversation I had with Jess at the CFHA Conference in Raleigh. We shared stories about our unique upbringings and decided to collaborate on a […]
Part 1 of 2 Two LMFTs explore career choice through the lens of family-of-origin and a drive towards systems change. This series was inspired by a conversation in Raleigh at the end of Day 2 of the annual conference. Jess & Chus Is it fate? Destiny? A series of tiny nudges and moments?Is it a […]
Nearly every time we work with consulting clients working on implementing integrated care the complaint is the same. There’s a healthcare administrator breathing down their neck about how many scheduling slots are going unutilized. It’s as if the golden hammer of healthcare optimization is managing slots. It’s time we call this what it is – […]
During that first visit, it became clear that this new father–infant dyad had no established connection. They had met only a few times, Dad lacked basic supplies such as clothes, a crib, and a car seat, and he was anxious, overwhelmed, and unsure how to begin bonding with his baby. Over the following visits, I […]
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