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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention: 12 monthly online OUD sessions held from April 2023 to March 2024. 4 expert faculty members developed session curriculum: screening and diagnosis, using behavioral health/counseling, addressing harm reduction, among others. Setting: 20 PC practices located in various regions across the US.

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Machine learning models for atrial fibrillation detection in primary care using electronic health records: systematic review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Atrial fibrillation (AFib) significantly impacts patient morbidity and mortality, despite existing screening practices. We searched seven databases from inception to May 2023. Two independent reviewers screened and extracted data using Covidence® with disagreements resolved by a third reviewer.

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Pain-Related Medication in Adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Search strategy developed for six medical databases (2000-March 2023), key terms of ID, pain, analgesia, medication. Following removal of duplicates 20,425 titles, 2,716 abstracts, 341 full-text articles were screened; 28 articles were eligible for inclusion. Study Design and Analysis: Systematic review (PROSPERO CRD42023415051).

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AMPLIFY™ Technology Enhances Prenatal Screening for 22q11.2 Microdeletion

Myriad Genetics

Less invasive options like prenatal cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screens can also be used to help identify the microdeletion. According to a study in Genes (Basel) , cfDNA screens have “a 70–83% detection rate and a 40–50% positive predictive value (PPV) for most associated 22q microdeletions.” Published 2023 Jan 6. Microdeletions. 

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Rare Diseases: Pathways to accelerating diagnoses 

Myriad Genetics

Many of us have seen stories in the news about American families on diagnostic odysseys for their children with rare diseases. Which one of those 17 doctors ultimately was able to pull together the pieces of Alex’s health picture and suggest a diagnosis? None of them. It was the AI program ChatGPT.

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Implementing a Digital Cognitive Assessment for Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias in Primary Care [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

PURPOSE We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a digital cognitive assessment (DCA) for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) screening into primary care. We also assessed the prevalence of positive screens and measured diagnostic and care outcomes after a positive DCA result.

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Parvo Podcast! Erythema Infectiosum, Fifth Disease, and more!

PEMBlog

Counsel families and caregiversincluding pregnant household contactson the risks, exposures, and infection control considerations related to Parvovirus B19. Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Parvovirus B19 Infection. It is a non-enveloped, single-stranded DNA virus in the Parvoviridae family. link] Edwards, Morven S.