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Low-Value Opioid Prescribing Trends for Acute Low-Back Pain in Rural Virginia Between 2019-2021 [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective A) Evaluate LVOP in Virginia during 2019-2021, and B) determine variation in LVOP for rural patients and those with low income in Virginia from 2019-2021. Despite declining opioid prescribing in the last decade, low-value opioid prescribing for acute pain (LVOP) (inconsistent with professional guidelines) has persisted.

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Reliability and Validity of a Comprehensiveness of Care Measure in Primary Care, A Case Study of the PRIME Registry [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort of providers and its patient panel for two performance years, 2019 and 2022. Population Studied: We identified all providers that had at least 300 patients available in both 2019 and 2022 performance years. Hemoglobin A1C > 9.0 as a case study).

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National variation in ASCVD risk between Pooled Cohort Equations and PREVENT [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis This study utilized data from NHANES 2011-2019 to calculate two ASCVD risk scores for each eligible individual: one using the race-based PCE and the other using the race-agnostic PREVENT equation. Each individual was separated into clinically significant risk categories of <7.5%, 7.5-10%, 10%, and >10%.

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Congratulations to our 2019 Graduating Residents!

Louisville Lectures

Graduation 2019 This week, we want to celebrate our graduating residents who’ve helped us with Little Lectures. Thank you for all you’ve done. We’ll miss you! June is always a bittersweet time in the world of medical education.

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The Azento experience - Streamlining implant workflow at IDS 2019

CDOCS

We truly streamline digital implant workflow in three major steps; scan, approve, treat. And that is unique.&rdquo;</p> &rdquo; After scanning and approving a selfie, they received a custom-made treat in the form of a milkshake with their selfie on top. .</p>

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It's Not About The Pus

StorytellERdoc

On a recent trip with friends to Toronto to celebrate the arrival of 2019, we had returned to our hotel rooms one afternoon to rest for a few hours after a very late previous night of fun. Pimple Popper, was able to help many embarrassed patients survive their dermatologic issues, all the while captivating my daughter's interest. Or does it?

IT 100
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Validation of a Patient-Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) Questionnaire in Prenatal Screening Among Pregnant Women [Instrument development / psychometrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset Data were collected in two Canadian provinces (QC and BC) from 2019 to 2022. There is a gap in understanding the experiences of pregnant women undergoing prenatal screening, as no validated patient-reported experience measures (PREM) questionnaire exists for this purpose.

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