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Evaluation of Universal Food Insecurity Screening in the Primary Care Setting [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends universal screening; however studies have found inconsistencies in screening of FI, documentation of FI, and referral to appropriate resources. Comparison of FI for paired patients in 2022 and 2023. Documented ICD-10 of food insecurity positive screenings 4.

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Optimizing Medical Legal Partnerships for sustainable public funding through the tele-legal model [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Tele-legal services were provided by one full time poverty lawyer and paralegal January 2021-June 2023. Participating clinic sites offered convenience sample frame, patients with legal needs were identified through universal and secondary screening approach.

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Mapping Patient Access to Care and Quality of Care based on Distance from Family Physician [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 259–268. 3, 4) Why is MBC important? 3, 5, 6) b. Boswell, J. Hepner, K. Rothrock, N.

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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. More and more, doctors, researchers, and families are turning to technologies like AI and even Google to help them decode health symptoms and get on the road to solutions and treatments.

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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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A review of the utility of the ECG in Pediatric Syncope

PEMBlog

The majority of these are cardiac and so today we will review what to look for in your screening ECG. Discussing obtaining an ECG with patients and families Presentations to the emergency department for syncope can be stressful for families. “What is the yield of screening echocardiography in pediatric syncope?