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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Reviews were identified through a search of scientific electronic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycInfo, AMED, Healthcare Administration Database, ABI/INFORM Collection, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Epistemonikos, and Scopus. A patient partner from the Deaf community collaborated on each step of this project.

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

Like many health care systems, OSF HealthCare—now with 17 hospitals throughout Illinois and Michigan—has found that bouncebacks from SNFs are the single biggest slice of that system’s preventable readmissions. That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program.

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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

Our study sample included 1039 eligible adults who were overweight or obese and reported prediabetes from pooled NHANES (2013-2018). This finding suggested that the health care providers might pay more attention to a high-risk population in prediabetes management. Of those, 76.8% Among those receiving doctors’ advice, 83.8%

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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

“Welcoming my patients to this new style of medicine has been overwhelmingly positive,” Dr. She graduated from UCLA School of Medicine in 2010 and completed her residency at the University of Michigan in 2013. Outside of her medical practice, Dr. Greenough enjoys traveling, cooking and spending time with her family.

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

Caution While this study provides important insights, it is worth noting that probiotics may still play a role in other health contexts. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. Pediatrics, 2013. 2013 Sep;38(5):467-76. Epub 2013 Jul 10.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

I went to the University of Toronto and finished my Bachelor of Science there in 2013. I wanted to get back to where we were, to give back to the program that gave my career a place to start, and to provide stability to my fellow providers. When prospective providers visit Mercy Hospital of Buffalo team.

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Rheumatology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Dave, MD, MPH , inquired how stressors may contribute to candidates failing the certification examination and Dr. McDonald stated that knowledge gaps were the primary cause, though ABIM provides safeguards to reduce stress like grace periods and consideration of compassionate exemptions for extraordinary life circumstances.