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Risks and Needs: Lessons Learned from Assessing Patients Willingness to Receive Help for Social Risks in Primary Care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In May 2023, Mayo Clinic implemented a revised screening tool to assess social determinants of health (SDOH) for its patients. Objective: To assess the impact of a question on need for assistance with social risk factors identified through routine screening.

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AAA screening rates in Internal Medicine and Family Medicine at UNMC [Clinical research (other)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Criteria Time Frame: 2013-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Those of other races are equally likely to be screened or not screened (p<0.001). Conclusion: There is a need for more screening for AAA in primary care. Number of patients who meet inclusion criteria at Family Medicine Clinics: 6,551 Patients.

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

PEMBlog

It was discovered by accident back in 1975, so a little bit before I was born, and it was labeled B19 because of the sample number in a Hepatitis B screening panel. Understand the epidemiology and transmission timeline of Parvovirus B19, especially its seasonal peaks and viral shedding period. UpToDate , Jun. Parvoviruses. But what is it?