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Substance Use Disorder Screening in Adolescent Patients in Primary Care: Findings, Challenges, Lessons Learned [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

SUD screening is not universally done in primary care (PC). Study period for urban locations: Oct 2–Dec 29, 2023; for the rural location: Nov 1, 2023–Jan 31, 2024. Context: Fatal drug overdoses among adolescents have increased due to the availability of fentanyl.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

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The intervention involved mailing medication-specific brochures to patients before their primary care appointments (click here for the brochure ). Emily 06:11 Yeah, we definitely have a pill for every ill. Eric 26:43 And this is in primary care, right? So we did primary care. Go ahead, Connie.

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Primary Care Addiction Consultation Service: Colorados Implementation Support for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Primary care practices are often the first location a patient seeks treatment for substance use disorder (SUD). This intervention used a primary care addiction consultation service model including education, an addiction medicine consultant, and practice facilitation to increase capacity for opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.

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Anxiety in Late Life and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Alex Gamble and Brianna Williamson

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ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. I have so many questions, and I promise we’re going to get to the management of anxiety and serious illness. Because it can be important to think about how people are coping with their illness. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

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Lastly, we discuss Katie’s paper on substance use disorder in an aging population and how one can incorporate the 5 Ms (ie, matters most, medications, mind, mobility, and multicomplexity) into a framework for age-friendly care for older adults with substance use disorder. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

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Summary Transcript Summary In a JAMA 2020 systematic review of palliative care for non-cancer serious illness, Kieran Quinn found many positives, as we discussed on our podcast and in our editorial. ABIM MOC credit will be offered to subscribers in November, 2024. For any MOC questions, please email moc@ucsf.edu.

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Implementing Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: A Podcast wtih Connie Cole, Kathleen Unroe, and Cari Levy

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Summary Transcript CME Summary The need for better palliative care in nursing homes is significant. nursing homes grapple with serious illnesses, and roughly half experience dementia. JAGS 2024 Nursing Home Palliative Care Referral Process, Barriers, and Proposed Solutions: A Qualitative Study.