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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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An Evaluation of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence, Treatment, and Guideline Adherence in an Ambulatory Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Individuals with gonorrhea and chlamydia positive tests. Results: Between 1/1/2019 and 12/31/2021, 4385 persons were treated for chlamydia and gonorrhea were documented within the MedStar system. 52.7% (n=2311/4385) were diagnosed in a Hospital / ED setting, 25.2% (1107) within a primary care setting, and 18.1%

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Moreover, center patients not only in discussions about individual decision-making but in constructing and drawing meaning from the research. education, income, number of previous hospitalizations) that also lead to clinical outcomes, not only race-based stratification. 2019 Jun 25;73(24):3234]. Published online July 29, 2020.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

The initial RCT published on physician coaching in JAMA in 2019 showing that coaching improves quality of life. ” Eric: It strikes me that there also seems to be a difference between coaching a team, like many of us are familiar with, and this individual coaching, although there may be group coaching as well. Beth: Yeah.

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New research finds weaker association between dementia and COVID-19 mortality than previous studies

Medical Xpress

Since December 2019, more than 60 million people have been diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) worldwide, while approximately six million individuals have died as a result of the disease. Hospital treatment was required in about 10%–20% of COVID-19 patients, with this proportion decreasing over time.

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

I think some individuals thought there was cherry-picking of stories that made it seem like hospice is this bad thing, that it’s taking advantage of vulnerable individuals and it didn’t talk enough about the good things that hospice does. We don’t want people dying in the hospital if their goal is to be at home.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

And so I began to think about the training that I had and that there was no mental health condition that was diagnosed. And so I was really thinking about why are some of my people that are hospitalized doing better than others? In fact from the time he was diagnosed, he passed away within two and a half weeks.

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