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Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023.

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Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

Increasingly, health insurers, private hospitals, and even nonprofits are behaving as though they aim first to extract revenue, and only second to care for people. We should no longer be debating whether or not having health care insurance is better than not having it. Nevertheless, the U.S.

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Is Dentistry Draining You? 5 Steps to Fight Burnout and Reignite Your Passion

CDOCS

& & </p> <p>Survey data from the 2023 ADA Council on Communications Trend Report found that more than 40% of dentists felt defeated, wanted to quit dentistry, or did not want to go to work in the six months leading up to the survey, with these feelings being more common in dentists 44 years and younger.&

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Episode 282: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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Is Rural Residence a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth in Iowa? [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. Race, ethnicity, high BMI, insurance, and primigravidity were not independently associated with sPTB. Conclusions: Rural residence was a RF for sPTB in this Iowa community. Setting: IHC, Iowa City, IA. CI, 295->999.9).

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Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Common Sense Family Doctor

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

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Expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults regardless of immigration status improved healthcare access among Latino communities [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Despite federal- and state-wide initiatives to boost access to health insurance (e.g., Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and individual health insurance marketplaces), Latinos continue to have the highest uninsured rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. Design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study.

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