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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. vital signs, bloodwork laboratory findings, and other physical test data) as a means of guiding care over time. Lengerich, A.

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Film Representation and Stigma of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

This can have wide-ranging negative effects on both physical and mental health. Results: Analyzed 16 films produced between 1939 and 2019. Use of diverse media, particularly film, largely contributes to societal stigma pertaining to different groups of people. All the characters with ID were white, non-Hispanic, 90.6%

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Comparing Patient and Provider Perspectives on a Primary Care Preconsultation Tool for Older Adults: a Qualitative Study [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study design: Qualitative interviews were conducted with older adults (n=19) and health providers (n=17) in 4 family medicine clinics (2 rural and 2 urban) in Quebec, Canada. 2019) frameworks for implementation and evaluation. The recruitment of older adults was diversified according to age, gender, and comorbidity.

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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. Today, the carceral system plays a pivotal role in modern-day eugenics and in reproductive and family control.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2019-1187 9. Published December 17, 2019.

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Promoting Compassionate Emergency Care for Children with Autism

PEMBlog

Encourage families to bring All About Me sheets or care cards that summarize critical accommodations. Borrow from the restaurant world: Use pagers or texting systems to allow families to wait in less stimulating environments (e.g., What you can do: Ask families whats worked (or hasnt) in the past. 2019-1895L. their car).

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #1: Mission: SPACE

PEMBlog

At that visit, his physical exam was normal. During this ED visit, the family notes that the child has had 1 week of vomiting whenever he eats. During this second ED visit, his physical exam including vital signs and mental status remains normal. 2019, doi:10.1136/bcr-2018-228790 Jafrani, Ryan et al. 40,3 (2019): 388-395.