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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

This study also provides the first formal evaluation of the KHH program. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Q&A: Cannabis Use Tied to Reduced Working Memory

Physician's Weekly

Gowin and his colleagues analyzed data from 1,003 adults between 22 and 36 years of age who had functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), urine toxicology, and cannabis use results collected at one academic site between 2012 and 2015 as part of the Human Connectome Project. The cohort (mean age, 28.7

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

Houck — Separate decisions by federal district courts in Texas and Puerto Rico in the past two months provide cautionary tales for every pharmacy and wholesale distributor dispensing or distributing controlled substances. Providers should be aware of the other drugs prescribed to their patients. By Larry K. Holiday CVS, L.L.C.

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Prescribing Red Flags: Pharmacists Be Wary of What the Doctor Orders

FDA Law Blog

Opioid prescriptions for high dosages and quantities, including prescriptions that individually or in combination, provide patients with daily dosages of greater than or equal to 300 Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs). 81, 89, 251.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19 Infection. Diagnosis is confirmed with PCR, often as part of a viral panel, or via characteristic bone marrow findings. Its a clinical diagnosis, especially in typical cases. Treatment and Prevention of Parvovirus B19 Infection. UpToDate , Jun. link] Edwards, Morven S.

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The burden of mental health on Canadian primary care following Covid-19 [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

The time horizon was anchored in January 2012: pre-pandemic period was defined as January 2012 to March 2020, and the pandemic period as April 2020 to June 2022. A primary care visit for a mental health concern was defined as any visit with a diagnosis indicating a mental health condition. We stratified effects by age and sex.

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Under Pressure: Hypertensive Emergencies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

PEMBlog

Before your blood pressure rises as well, know that this PEMBlog article is here to provide an overview of the recognition and management of hypertensive emergencies. Hypertensive emergency is a clinical diagnosis characterized by a sudden and severe elevation in blood pressure accompanied by signs of acute end-organ dysfunction.