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Transitional Care Management care team impact on no-show rates to hospital discharge appointments [Patient education/adherence]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The Transitional Care Management (TCM) clinic visit is a uniquely billed visit type to review a recently discharged patient’s hospital course, reconcile medications, and continue ongoing workup. Objective: Our objective was to improve the TCM clinic no-show rate and thereby improve patient outcomes.

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Episode 354: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 25 – Live from SGIM 2024: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2024 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 25 – Live from SGIM 2024: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2024 Annual Meeting Show Notes by Ashley M. Describe the positive impacts of qualitative methods on healthcare provision and/or policies in clinical settings. Zakaria, S.,

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? In March 2024, FDA therefore approved semaglutide for secondary CVD prevention in overweight or obese adults. Tirzepatide (15 mg) showed slightly more noticeable effects than Semaglutide (2.4

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Using AI for Detecting Clinical Deterioration: Insights and Responses from the Care Team [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: An AI clinical deterioration model-enabled intervention implemented at a large academic medical center in 2021 was recently reported to have decreased the absolute risk of care escalations among inpatients by 10.4% over two years. Setting or Dataset: An academic medical center (Stanford Health Care).

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Growing together: How Sound creates a culture of leadership

Sound Physicians

I am often asked about how Sound builds the next generation of clinical leaders. The expertise and thoughtfulness that our leaders bring to our patients, teams, and, most importantly, our hospital partners is not something that just happens. It is, by design, built into the ways we educate, train, and support our clinical leadership.

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Coming Soon: Logansport Memorial Pain Management Center

Logansport Memorial Hospital

Logansport Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the opening of a new pain management center on April 1, 2024. Logansport Memorial Hospital is proud to partner with Pain Management Group to open our new Pain Management Center,” says Rachel Theodore, Vice President of Physician Network, Workforce Health, and Sports Medicine. “We

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine.