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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system. This study also provides the first formal evaluation of the KHH program.

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How Mental Health & SUD Bias Impact ED Physical Care

Physician's Weekly

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. Provide printed “What to Expect” one‑pagers at registration to align patient expectations with ED capabilities. Safety net at capacity. Co‑locate behavioral teams. Clarify ED scope.

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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

NHANES collects data through interviews and physical examination covering two years in the US civilian, non-institutionalized population. Our study sample included 1039 eligible adults who were overweight or obese and reported prediabetes from pooled NHANES (2013-2018). Of those, 76.8% Among those receiving doctors’ advice, 83.8%

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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration. Additionally, we should provide people who are incarcerated with better ways to communicate with their families.

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Promoting Compassionate Emergency Care for Children with Autism

PEMBlog

While we pride ourselves on providing high-quality care for all children, we must acknowledge that the noisy, fast-paced, and unpredictable environment of the ED can be especially distressing for autistic patients. Create quick-access resources (digital or physical) in high-traffic care areas. 2018 May/Jun;79(3):17r11506.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

quarantine-breakers”) or video clips of people shouting at or even physically assaulting Wuhanese or people who visited Wuhan after the outbreak. Shaanxi, Xi’an, China: Shaanxi Normal University; 2018. The content of many social media posts in China have stigmatized Wuhan or Wuhanese, for example posts engaging in name-calling (e.g.,

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Submitting a 510(k)? Keep Hoarding Blank CDs

FDA Law Blog

An eCopy is an electronic copy of the 510(k) that is comprised of files created by the sponsor, with the exception of several FDA forms, and is submitted to the Agency by saving to a CD, DVD or flash drive and mailing or otherwise physically delivering the media to FDA.