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Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Micro-elimination projects aim to selectively foster diagnosis, treatment and reinfection of high priority demographic groups. Intervention: Patient navigation program to specialist treatment from primary care with additional referral to behavioral health services.

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The utilization patterns and impact of the Stanford Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Eastern Ontario, Canada [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: We used data routinely collected through the CPSMP between December 2017 and May 2023. Anyone suffering from pain could register for the program without needing a referral or formal diagnosis from a health care practitioner. Intervention: The CPSMP is a six-week, peer-led program based on self-efficacy theory.

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Fracture Fridays: You can dance if you want to

PEMBlog

The foot X-Ray taken of the foot of the patient with the foot problem The Diagnosis She has a fracture at the base of the 5th metatarsal (Jones fracture). Neurovascular compromise is, as always, a cause for immediate referral. Updated 2023 May 29]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2023 Jan-. You get an X-Ray.

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Telemedicine and the Prescribing of Controlled Substances After the End of The Covid-19 Pandemic Emergency: DEA Announces Two Significant Proposed Rules: Read the Summary Below, But Learn All the Details and More at HPM’s Webinar on March 23, 2023 (Details Forthcoming….)

FDA Law Blog

That emergency declaration is set to expire on May 11, 2023. 180 days past May 11, 2023) for those telemedicine relationships established during the COVID-19 emergency. 21 U.S.C. § 802(54)(D)(i).

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Beyond the Diagnosis: A Detailed Characterization of Outpatient Palliative Care Patients [Palliative and end-of-life care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design Retrospective chart review of patients seen in a palliative care clinic between June 2023 and August 2023. Population Studied 30 adult patients actively receiving care from the SMC between June 2023 and August 2023. Referrals were predominantly from Pulmonology (60%).

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

Hot off the presses RCT in JAMA October 2023: Study that looks at 1000 female resident physicians at 26 sites that showed that coaching improved each outcome assessed (burnout, moral injury, imposter syndrome, self-compassion, and flourishing). We make a diagnosis. Second thing to say is that I think referrals are really important.

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Leveraging U=U Interventions for Black Women With HIV

Physician's Weekly

The systematic review of peer-reviewed intervention was published from 2018 to 2023. The Southern US accounts for more than half of all new HIV diagnoses, and in Georgia, where I practice, new HIV diagnosis rates in 2022 were seven times higher among Black women than White women and two times higher than among White men.