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One Child/Adolescent/Family, One CANS: A Comprehensive Communimetrics Approach
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One Child/Adolescent/Family, One CANS: A Comprehensive Communimetrics Approach

The Transformational Collaborative Outcomes Management (TCOM) Tools serve as the common language to support care between families, providers, and various systems. If those in care are children and young people, then the Child Adolescent Needs & Strengths or CANS is used to capture the ‘story’ of that individual child/youth and family.

Focusing On Solutions Sharing Secrets For Success
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Focusing On Solutions: Sharing Secrets For Success

We all know that there are so many dynamics within systems of care (SOC). Sometimes the processes can be confusing and even ineffectual, especially for those being served and those who serve. To be successful at achieving positive outcomes there must be a refocus on the goals and values of SOC.

Value-Based Care For Home Healthcare Providers
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Value-Based Care For Home Healthcare Providers

There are many types of value-based payment models, from shared savings and risk to the integrated team approach. This article explores some of the key differences between each model.

Strengthening Collaborations: A Roadmap for Successful Implementation Strategies
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Strengthening Collaborations: A Roadmap for Successful Implementation Strategies

This blog was inspired by the amazing monthly discussions taking place within the California SOC Open-Forums. These 1-hour sessions, coordinated by Richard Knecht, highlight the activities of system partners. Each forum specifically celebrates successes, strategizes on challenges, and continues to outline both strengths and needs for system of care (SOC) planning.

Dimensions for Cohesion and Collaboration
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Opeeka’s P-CIS: Dimensions for Cohesion and Collaboration

It has been a whole year since I moved after serving a statewide children’s system of care for almost two-decades. Many folks have asked what led me to move over to Opeeka, and my answer was simple, “To increase systemic collaborations.” My arriving here at Opeeka was destiny. I can now connect with so many people from all over the world around ways to achieve success-focused care for children/youth, emerging adults, adults, and their families.

Collaborations Through Connections
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Collaborations Through Connections: Use of Universal Currency

The essence of any collaboration is connection and within the human-service fields many of those we serve are disconnected. Just take a moment to think about someone you are working with and level of connection they feel towards their life domains-home, school, and community.

Person-Centeredness, Stamp Collecting, and Healthcare Technology That Transforms
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Person-Centeredness, Stamp Collecting, and Healthcare Technology That Transforms

We are entering a brave new world. The innovators will be the organizations that embrace new technology and take risks for those who cannot influence these decisions, the people with complex needs and limited financial resources. We owe it to our neighbors, fellow citizens, and our society to advance medicine and health care to treat the whole person.