Federally Qualified Health Center Strategies for Integrating Care with Hospitals and Their Association with Measures of Communication

Federally qualified health centers have aligned clinical services and systems with local hospitals, but little is known about the specific care integration strategies health centers use or their impact on care. A research team examined the use of strategies by health centers to integrate care with hospitals and emergency departments (EDs) and their association with performance on measures of health center–hospital communication. A Web-based...