Explores how community paramedicine programs have been implemented across the country, what evidence supports the effectiveness of these models, and how state and federal policies are helping to support the sustainability of these services.

States and health plans focused on engaging and sustaining the community health worker (CHW) workforce can use this blog post to understand emerging evidence around CHW programs for older adults.

Profiles a Boston Medical Center research program aimed at addressing disparity is substance use disorder treatment among Black patients.

Aditi Vasan, MD, MSHP, a health services researcher, delved into how community health workers can be helpful to patients with complex health and social needs, based on current evidence.

Features commentary from Ben Miller, PsyD, past president at Well Being Trust, on the value of peer supports in mental health or addiction recovery.

Shares a diverse set of recent resources for health care organizations interested in developing or expanding community health worker programs.

A community health worker and social worker from CareMore Health share their perspective on the importance of their roles in lowering costs and improving outcomes for high-need patients.

Features David Labby, MD, health strategy advisor for Health Share of Oregon, who provides insights on the recently released report on Camden Coalition's randomized controlled trial on the Camden Core Model.

Looks at how the Keystone ACO partnership, serving residents of 41 primarily rural Pennsylvania counties as well as parts of New York, New Jersey and Maryland, is using community health workers to improve the quality and cultural competence of service delivery.

Many studies have highlighted the importance of effective interprofessional care teams to improve health outcomes for people with complex needs. But many programs do not take advantage of the special training of social workers to meet these needs on their primary health care teams.