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Exploring Trends in Postpartum Hemorrhage with SHRINE Network Aggregated Electronic Health Records (EHR) Data. [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Healthcare research involving patient medical data is often delayed by lengthy approval processes. Assess temporal PPH trends and comorbidity burden among women who had given live births from 2005 to 2022. Women 15-54 years with live births between 2005-2022. Study Design and Analysis. Population Studied. Conclusions.

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Study examines ties between state TANF policies, Child Protective Services and foster care

Medical Xpress

The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which was established in 1996 and renewed in 2005, constituted a major reform of the U.S. welfare system. But since its renewal, few studies have examined its effects on children.

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Are all smokers treated equally? Racial Differences in Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Within the Epic Cosmos Database [Smoking cessation]

Annals of Family Medicine

To assist with smoking cessation, there are several FDA-approved medications, like nicotine replacement, varenicline, or bupropion. In 2021, 11.5% of US adults reported smoking cigarettes. About half try to quit each year, but only 7% succeed.

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Episode 200: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 11 – Racism, Redlining, and the Path Towards Reconciliation

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Currently, low-income housing tax credit is a federal program distributed to housing developers who build housing for low-income families. London: Routledge; 2005. Structural competency: theorizing a new medical engagement with stigma and inequality. Episode Takeaways: 1. doi: 10.1377/hblog20210415.305480 Wilkinson RG.

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Episode 213: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 13 – Centering Asian Americans: Racism, Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

provision in only English +/- Spanish), limitations of medical technology (i.e., Multiple members of this episode describe challenging experiences with bridging understanding of their elder family members that may mirror dynamics within Asian-American communities more broadly. Insufficient language services (i.e., Harvard Law School.

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Assisted Living Communities: Podcast with Sheryl Zimmerman, Kenny Lam, and Ken Covinsky

GeriPal

We additionally firmly establish that the song How to Save a Life by the Fray was a product of the aughts (2005, to be exact), not the 90’s ): Enjoy! You’re independent, drive in and out, and the more help you need, so for example, now you need somebody to help with medication administration. Transcript. This is Eric Widera.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.