Community health workers who help patients navigate the health care system and access social services have rarely been included on provider teams. This issue of Transforming Care reports on effective health care organizations that have successfully incorporated these professionals in their multidisciplinary care teams. Also in the new issue: a profile of a community health worker who helps individuals newly released from prison, and a Q&A with Rushika Fernandopulle, M.D., founder of Iora Health, which employs community health workers to engage and motivate patients.
