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Relationship between Social Risks and Diabetes Metrics in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Using a multiple logistic regression, patients who gave high-risk answers to social risk domains of housing risk (OR 0.68), financial risk (OR 0.60), food insecurity (OR 0.64), and transportation needs (OR 0.62) were significantly less likely to meet the D5 metric compared to patients giving low risk answers (all p-values <0.001).

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Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Outcome Measures CRC screening metric is met if colonoscopy in last 10 years, flexible sigmoidoscopy in last 5 years, Cologuard in last 3 years or FIT testing in last year; CRC surveillance metric is met if colonoscopy performed in recommended time interval for patients with family history colon cancer or previous precancerous polyp.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

In one corner, weighing in at decades of experience, well known for heavy hits of bedside assessments, strong patient-family relationships, and a knockout punch of interdisciplinary collaboration, we have in-person palliative care consults. Summary Transcript CME Summary It is a battle royale on this weeks GeriPal podcast.

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Episode 322: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 24 – Leveraging Narrative Medicine to Cultivate Antiracist Praxis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode Learning Objectives After listening to this episode, learners will be able to: Illustrate the relationship between narrative medicine and healing relationships. She came from an activist family, with her mother being one of the first South Asian feminist activists in the country.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Panelists Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates have no relationships to disclose. Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together? laughter] Alex: We love the family theme. Welcome, Katie, to the GeriPal podcast. Katie: Thanks for the opportunity. Katie: Awesome.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And there are no default pathways of family or friends to rely on and no known people who could potentially represent this person from within their inner circle.

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The Physicians Foundation Continues Efforts to Tackle Chronic Disease—America’s Leading Cause of Death—by Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

Deborah Rose , a dedicated neurologist, spearheaded an initiative at Baltimore’s Community Psychiatry Clinic to identify and address the underlying DOH affecting her patients. He developed a streamlined workflow to screen for these critical DOHs and ensure that families received timely support. As the U.S.