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>Consumer spotlight: National events and local leadership

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Consumer spotlight: National events and local leadership

By Evelyne Kane, Program Manager for Community Engagement In our second edition of our Consumer Spotlight blog series we bring you these updates about recent work of three of the complex care consumers who make up our consumer voices bureau, Amplify: Mia Matthews In February, Mia Matthews co-led a roundtable learning session for participants of […]

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>Consumer spotlight: Amplifiers hard at work

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Consumer spotlight: Amplifiers hard at work

By Evelyne Kane, Program Manager for Community Engagement In October 2020, we launched Amplify: A consumer voices bureau to increase opportunities for organizations across the country to include the voices and perspectives of complex care consumers in their work. Since the launch, several members of Amplify have been busy using their lived expertise to help […]

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>Integrating community health workers and peer support specialists into complex care teams: Tools from California’s Whole Person Care program

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Integrating community health workers and peer support specialists into complex care teams: Tools from California’s Whole Person Care program

By Amanda Clarke, Director of Programs, California Health Care Safety Net Institute; Zoe So, Program Coordinator, California Health Care Safety Net Institute Community health workers (CHWs) and peer support specialists (peers) are vital members of complex care teams. They draw on their personal experiences and close community ties to develop trusting relationships with clients and […]

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