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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. MBC can and should be applied to all models of integrated healthcare, current or emerging. 3, 4) Why is MBC important?

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

FDA Law Blog

District Court for the Western District of Texas imposed a $275,000 civil penalty on Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, in San Antonio, and its pharmacist-owner. On October 10th, based on ability to pay, the U.S. 11, 2023 ( DOJ Press Release ). Our post on the Betances distributor decision and suspicious orders will appear in the near future.

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Her mission — preparing the next generation of diverse physician leaders in pediatric healthcare and mental health and creating partnerships between communities and academic centers — will be critical for eliminating disparities among minority populations. Dr. Kevin M. References Benton TD , Boyd RC , Njoroge WF. JAMA Netw Open.

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Human papillomavirus vaccination in community-based clinics among adolescents by ethnicity, country of birth, and sex [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To determine if there are differences in HPV vaccine uptake among children and adolescents in community-based healthcare organizations by ethnicity and country of birth, stratified by sex. Dataset OCHIN electronic health record data from 27 US states. Dataset OCHIN electronic health record data from 27 US states.

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Kaiser Permanente study shows screening efforts cut colorectal cancer deaths in half

Permanente Medicine

From 2012 to 2016, death rates from colorectal cancer among Black people were nearly 40% higher than in whites and double that seen in Asians and Pacific Islanders, according to the American Cancer Society. The electronic health record system automatically prompts care teams to schedule patients for health screenings.

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Receipt of Mammography, by Nativity, Among Latina Patients from a U.S. Network of Primary Care Organizations [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Both US-born and foreign-born Latinas had higher guideline-concordant screening than non-Hispanic white women, with the greatest magnitude for foreign-born Latinas, highlighting the important role that community-based healthcare organizations play in preventive cancer care for Latinas.

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Trump Whacks Agency That Makes the Nation’s Health Care Safer

Physicians News Digest

On April 1, the Trump administration slashed the organization that supported that research — the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, or AHRQ — and fired roughly half of its remaining employees as part of a perplexing reorganization of the federal Health and Human Services Department. million, he said.