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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

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

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 1. Benton TD , Boyd RC , Njoroge WF. JAMA Netw Open.

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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. An extended release (“ER”) opioid in legitimate pain management generally accompanies an IR opioid, with patients taking the ER opioid on a set schedule and the IR opioid as needed.

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Does transitional care management improve outcomes after discharge from the hospital?

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2014 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality review found consistent evidence that high-intensity, multicomponent interventions for patients with heart failure reduced readmissions and mortality for 3 to 6 months after hospital discharge. More than a decade into the program, it remains uncertain whether TCM actually improves outcomes.

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Gabapentinoids – Gabapentin and Pregabalin: Tasce Bongiovanni, Donovan Maust and Nisha Iyer

GeriPal

2022 Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older AdultsRevisiting Multimodal Pain Management JAMA IM. So I know that people listening to this know a lot already about the opioid crisis and the hundreds of thousands of people who have died and the millions of dollars our country and our healthcare system have spent on treating opioid use disorder.

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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. Deaths per 100,000 for Hispanic, white, and Asian patients decreased to 20 during the same time period.