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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

To supporters of the Affordable Care Act, legislative expansion of the Medicaid program is a welcome financial and health care bonanza for states and uninsured patients. Long-term care services (nursing homes, mental health, home health care) accounted for 3 in every 10 dollars that the program spent.

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Tuberculosis Patterns Vary by Migrant Origin and Arrival Timing

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Differences found in patient characteristics of migrant tuberculosis sub-populations within low TB incidence European countries, 2014–2020,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Infectious Diseases by Jackson et al.

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Vedolizumab Outperformed Infliximab in Real-World Outcomes

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Treatment sequences, outcomes, healthcare utilization, and costs in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases requiring advanced treatment—real world comparative effectiveness from German claims data,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Gastroenterology by Dignass et al.

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" Healthcare organizations administrative policies are just too rigid. ": why nurses leave primary and emergency care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Large scale nurse turnover is costly, is associated with both reduced productivity and poorer patient outcomes. A semi-structured interview guide based on Daouk-Öyry’s (2014) joint model of nurse absenteeism and turnover was used. Nursing shortage is a major issue for healthcare systems. Instrument. Outome Measures.

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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. As The Pitt illustrates, unchecked violence in the ED leads to moral injury, staff attrition, and compromised patient care.

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Healthcare Gentrification and Access to Care Equity: Results From a Scoping Review [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

2010), as well as more recent scoping review methodology guidelines described by Colquhoun (2014). Our results highlighted the geographic barriers to primary healthcare services and how patients living below the poverty threshold are disproportionately affected by healthcare gentrification.

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Direct Primary Care - Role for the Future of Healthcare

The Direct Doctors Difference

Looking back to 2014, when we began, there were less than 100. The strength also comes from a group of physicians who want something more and something better - improved work-life balance, return of joy to practicing medicine, and a renewal of the pure physician-patient relationship where the doctor knows his or her patient well.