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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times. This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. The average age was 32.2 ± 14.6,

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed. 32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions. Regarding clinical education changes since March 2020, 47% (n=16) were satisfied.

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.) Also, patients may not have a choice of specialists, depending on the insurer's network.

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The NHS paid private hospitals £2bn in the pandemic but some treated more private patients than NHS ones

Medical Xpress

Private hospitals were paid around £2bn to help the NHS during the first year of the COVID pandemic. But an investigation by The BMJ has found that just 30 of the 200 private hospitals were used to treat patients with COVID-19 in April 2020 when the first pandemic wave hit its peak.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

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COVID-19 Series (Part Two) with Dr. Laura Bishop

Louisville Lectures

She covers practical aspects of evaluating patients including appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and finishes this segment with clinical exam/laboratory/imaging findings. Chest 2020; published online. Ann Int Med 2020; 172: 577-582. Lancet Infect Dis 2020; Kim D, Quinn J, Pinsky B. Clin Infect Dis 2020.

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From Crisis to Recovery: Evaluating the Evolution of Patient Care in Academic Medical Centers Through the COVID-19 Era [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023).