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Churning out of insurance among patients with diabetes served in US Community Health Centers [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Health insurance instability may be particularly challenging for patients with diabetes who need regular chronic care management to reduce the risk of diabetes complications. 46,844 patients were diagnosed with diabetes during study period. Study Design: Retrospective observational cohort study.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

Now, roughly 9% of breast cancer diagnoses are in women under age 45 with this percentage continually rising(1). My first breast cancer scare was in 2014, when they discovered calcifications for the first time during a routine mammogram. For this reason, medical experts classify DCIS as noninvasive.

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RCT of Default Inpatient PC Consults: Kate Courtright & Scott Halpern

GeriPal

First, in our editorial, we expressed concern about the length of stay metric not being patient centric, though important for health systems focused on cost savings. And PAIR stands for the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research Center. Also a core faculty member at the PAIR Center at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Podcast: Cervical Spine Injuries & Imaging in Children

PEMBlog

Sasser SM, Hunt RC, Faul M, Sugerman D, Pearson WS, Dulski T, Wald MM, Jurkovich GJ, Newgard CD, Lerner EB; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Guidelines for field triage of injured patients: recommendations of the National Expert Panel on Field Triage, 2011. 2014 May;133(5):e1179-88. MMWR Recomm Rep. Pediatrics.

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Podcast Episode: Febrile Seizures

PEMBlog

Nat Genet 2014; 46:1274. Both the motor movements and characteristics of the seizure, as well as the duration, are really hard to assess in a patient’s home. Obviously, you should ask about immunization status and whether or not the child has any underlying medical or neurologic problems or developmental delay.

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