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Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Administrative electronic health record (EHR) datasets offer a low-cost opportunity to investigate influences on knee osteoarthritis (OA) prevalence and outcomes such as total knee arthroplasty (TKA). The first OA diagnosis in record must occur from 2009-2014 and index date is OA diagnosis date. Final sample size was 435,731.

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Personalized medicine in a community health system: the Endeavor Health experience [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Genomic and personalized medicine implementation efforts have largely centered on specialty care in tertiary health systems. In 2014, Endeavor Health (formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem) launched the Center for Personalized Medicine to catalyze the delivery of personalized medicine.

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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

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health records data: 335 CHC from the ADVANCE research Network Population Studied: Adults (n=309,074) aged 19-64 patients with a baseline insured visit between 2014 and 2019 and at least 3 ambulatory visits over the subsequent 3-year period and at least 12 months separating the first and last visits.

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RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

Lexy: Yeah, so I can say that I became about, in 2014, I had the opportunity to lead a center at our health system called the Evans Center that focuses on religion, spirituality, and health. LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. I don’t see a lot of those out there. You started off as a physician, right?

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Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

BMJ

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. 9 The availability of electronic health records makes it easier to follow up on patients’ health information for an extended period. and the prediction window at 5 years. .; www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/code-of-practice