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Understanding the Relationship Between Social Needs and Cervical Cancer Screening [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset Utilized data from a large integrated health system. Instrument Patient-reported social needs collected as part of the 2020 Kaiser Permanente (KP) National Social Needs Survey. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population.

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Impact of Toxic Stress, Inadequate Sleep, and Depressive Disorders on Cognitive Decline in US Elderly Adult Population [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: We utilized the CDC state-specific Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BFRSS) data from 2020 and 2022. However, insufficient sleep did not demonstrate a significant relationship with cognitive decline in this population.

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Improving Patient Communication

CDOCS

Patients depend on our clinical knowledge as well as our recommendations and relationships with our specialist partners.</span></span></p> By the utilization of patient financing strategies, we can help to facilitate a means of affordability for the everyday patient.</span></span></p>

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. By removing the need to constantly look at a screen or type notes, we can be more present and engaged, fostering stronger therapeutic relationships and improving patient satisfaction. References: 1.

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Factors Associated with Accumulating Diabetes Complications in a Medicare Advantage Cohort to Inform a Prediction Tool [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: Adults aged 65 years and older with T2DM enrolled in a national Medicare Advantage plan Setting or Dataset: Enrollment and claims data (2016-2020) Measures: The dependent variable was DCSI. Results: We included 49,843 individuals in model 1.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls: In 2020, American Indian and Alaska Native (Indigenous) communities experienced the highest drug overdose mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group, also surpassing rates among the non-Hispanic white population. Once the need for labor was largely met, anti-Chinese narratives (e.g., Academic Psychiatry , 45 (1), 78–83.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. Panelists David Bekelman, Lyndsay DeGroot, and Diah Martina have no relationships to disclose. Eric: VA people will know what that is.