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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC is much more than simply administering behavioral health measures. Collect, share, act: A transtheoretical clinical model for doing measurement-based care in mental health treatment. Measurement-based care as a practice improvement tool: Clinical and organizational applications in youth mental health.

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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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Not “burnout,” not moral injury—human rights violations

Pamela Wible MD

(Published 3/18/19, updated 6/20/25) What Is Physician “Burnout”—and Why It Matters Physician “burnout” is a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by prolonged stress in the medical workplace. It’s a growing crisis affecting over half of all doctors in the U.S., They’re suffering from moral injury.

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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

Objective: To measure and compare the proportion of primary care visits associated with mental health before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

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Identifying and managing gambling-related harms

Common Sense Family Doctor

A less heralded ruling with health implications occurred in 2018, when the Roberts Court held that a prior federal law forbidding states to legalize sports betting was unconstitutional.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 2: Non-pharmacologic management of agitated children

PEMBlog

2012 Jan;109(3):27-32. 2012 Feb;13(1):35-40. This podcast episode hosted by Brad Sobolewski ( @PEMTweets ) and co-authored by Dennis Ren ( @DennisRenMD ) is all about age-appropriate non pharmacologic management strategies for agitated children. Deaths due to physical restraint. Dtsch Arztebl Int. PMC3272587. Coburn VA, Mycyk MB.

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The impact of gun violence and practical tips on firearm safety: A podcast

PEMBlog

Pediatrics November 2012; 130 (5): e1416–e1423. 2012-2481 Haasz, M., Kit Carney and Dr. Kristen Humphrey discuss gun violence, its impact on our patients and their families, as well as practical tips on advocating for safe storage of firearms, and how we can support victims of violence. Melzer-Lange, Joseph O’Neil, Wendy J.