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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. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

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Episode 232: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 15 – Housing is Health: Racism and Homelessness – Clinician + Community Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Push back against individual narratives that blame individuals for systemic injustice. Published April 5, 2019. January 18, 2019. If we are not part of the solution, we are complicit in structural injustice. Dr. Kushel and Mr. Watts remind healthcare providers to speak out about the structural causes of homelessness.

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

GeriPal

I’m wondering, you talked about that patient who was really isolated and coming to the emergency room. I think some of that is from some of my thinking about maybe what I can potentially think about with the individual to support them. Were you administering scales to pick up on loneliness and isolation? I would say that.

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