title: CFHA's past, present, and future: building the plane while flying.
abstract: The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) began as a fledgling organization that promoted family-centered collaborative and integrated care, even when out of step with an established health care system that was characterized by fragmentation and hierarchy. Over the past two decades, however, the organization of "traditional" health care has unraveled and is ripe for change. We are in the midst of a noticeable expansion in interest and engagement in integration and collaboration as core components of a transformed health care delivery system. How do we "change the way we deliver health care while we are providing it?" We can look to lessons learned in CFHA's history for some guidance. First, cultivate the change-makers. Second, foster innovation. Third, become experts in change management-within ourselves and the systems in which we work. Moving forward, the next decade will be a critical time for CFHA and those of us who recognize integration of health care as an essential strategy to improve the health and quality of life within our communities.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA).
authors.forename: Parinda
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khatri
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005192:Family Health; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change; D012952:Societies / Q000266:history*