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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

Setting: MedStar Health, a multidisciplinary and multispecialty health care system in the mid-Atlantic. Intervention: Patient navigation program to specialist treatment from primary care with additional referral to behavioral health services. were on Medicaid insurance when diagnosed. Among new patients, 58.9%

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Action Needed to Close Racial Gaps in Autism Services

Physician's Weekly

As autism diagnoses increase, especially in marginalized groups, experts call for better funding, research inclusion, service access, and workforce diversity. Those from marginalized backgrounds often face difficulty accessing these services.

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How State and Local Agencies on Aging Help Older Adults: Susan DeMarois, Greg Olsen, and Lindsey Yourman

GeriPal

I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. I think it can be tempting to kind of silo it to, oh, that’s just aging and independent services. To Susan’s point. Older people don’t live in the Offices for the Aging.