2023, Community and Insurance - Primary Care Digest

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Analysis: This is a secondary analysis of clinician participation and uptake of consultation and training for pediatric mental health in Virginia between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. vs. 29.5%, p<0.0001), and have lower proportions of people insured with Medicaid (44.9%

Mental Health

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO

3 Ways AI Can Detect Vital Signs From Your Face

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

It has already been adopted across healthcare institutions in Hong Kong as well as by multinational health insurer Bupa. FaceHeart also received FDA approval for the heart rate component in 2023. Nevertheless, their widespread adoption is contingent on their acceptance by the medical and patient community.

Individual

Individual Clinic Medical Patients

Primary care for all Americans

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

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.

Primary Care

Primary Care Insurance Patient-Centered Medical Student

Healthcare Administrative Assistant: Skills, Training, and Career Outlook in Connecticut

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 27, 2025

Communicating with patients, healthcare providers, and insurance companies to coordinate care. Helping with billing, including preparing bills and processing insurance claims. Many community colleges in Connecticut offer in-person or online programs that provide training in healthcare administration.

Healthcare

Healthcare Private Practice Electronics Management

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

CDOCS

JULY 1, 2024

& & </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.&

Appointment

Appointment Families Family Insurance

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

The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[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.

Medical

Medical Healthcare Individual Community

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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).

Insurance

Insurance Complication Relationship Community

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

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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.

Community

Community Insurance Healthcare Patient-Centered

Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

A 2023 Cochrane for Clinicians article found similar benefits but also noted that for every 10,000 people screened, 363 unnecessary invasive tests are performed. to 3.33, indicating that even the most pragmatic studies fell well short of simulating conditions in community settings. The mean study scores ranged from 2.12

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine

Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

GeriPal

DECEMBER 21, 2023

You come over to the clinic, you go to the hospital, you provide service, and the insurance and you negotiate how much you’re going to get paid. Whereas with comprehensive dementia care, what you really need is a lot of the support that is delivered in the community. That never happens in CMS and other health insurance.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered IT Families Family

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

If you are interested in learning more and meeting a community of folks interested in hospital-at-home, check out the hospital-at-home user group at hahusersgroup.org or some of these publications: Hospital-Level Care at Home for Acutely Ill Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. How is it financed and what comes next?

Hospital

Hospital Patient-Centered Supply Chain IT

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 13, 2025

Diminished reimbursements from the state-federal health insurance program for those with low incomes or disabilities would further erode hospitals’ ability to stay open and maintain services for their communities — populations with more severe health needs than their urban counterparts. Edward Markey (D-Mass.),

Finance

Finance Hospital Community Emergency Room

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

Physicians News Digest

MARCH 31, 2025

Researchers who study job loss say these mass layoffs not only are disrupting the lives of tens of thousands of federal workers but also will reverberate out to their spouses, children, and communities. When people lose their jobs, especially when it’s many people at once, the wealth and resources available in their community are reduced.

Mental Health

Mental Health Insurance Government Appointment

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

3 Ways AI Can Detect Vital Signs From Your Face

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Primary care for all Americans

Healthcare Administrative Assistant: Skills, Training, and Career Outlook in Connecticut

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

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

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

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

Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model: A Podcast with Malaz Boustani and Diane Ty

Hospital-at-Home: Bruce Leff and Tacara Soones

‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Would Batter Rural Hospital Finances, Researchers Say

‘I Am Going Through Hell’: Job Loss, Mental Health, and the Fate of Federal Workers

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