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Leveraging Integrated Primary Care to Address Patients' and Families' Unmet Social Needs: Aligning Practice with National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Recommendations

Ellen Poleshuck, Kyle Possemato, Emily M. Johnson, Alicia J. Cohen, Colleen T. Fogarty and Jennifer S. Funderburk
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine January 2022, 35 (1) 185-189; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210287
Ellen Poleshuck
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Kyle Possemato
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Emily M. Johnson
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Alicia J. Cohen
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Colleen T. Fogarty
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Jennifer S. Funderburk
From the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Integrated Healthcare, Syracuse VA Medical Center, Syracuse, NY (EP, KP, EMJ, JSF); Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (EP); Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY (KP); Veterans Affairs Center of Innovation in Long Term Services and Supports, VA Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Health Services, Policy, and Practice, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI (AJC); Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (CTF, JSF); Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY (JSF).
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Ellen Poleshuck, Kyle Possemato, Emily M. Johnson, Alicia J. Cohen, Colleen T. Fogarty, Jennifer S. Funderburk
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2022, 35 (1) 185-189; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210287

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Ellen Poleshuck, Kyle Possemato, Emily M. Johnson, Alicia J. Cohen, Colleen T. Fogarty, Jennifer S. Funderburk
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Jan 2022, 35 (1) 185-189; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.01.210287
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