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A Novel Definition of Urinary Tract Infection across a National Primary Care Network [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To develop and validate a novel electronic medical records (EMR)-based UTI case definition that can be applied to elucidate and understand UTI treatment and practice patterns in primary care. Conclusions We developed and validated a novel EMR-based UTI case definition using a pan-Canadian primary care dataset.

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Passive Digital Marker Can Identify Childhood Asthma Risk

Physician's Weekly

TUESDAY, June 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It is feasible to use electronic health record (EHR) data in the Pediatric Asthma Risk Score (PARS) to accurately predict childhood asthma risk, according to a study published in the June issue of eClinicalMedicine. Arthur Hamie Owora, Ph.D.,

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Card studies using EHR alerts linked to REDCap questionnaires: a practical session on how to build the tools [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background Researchers use card studies to obtain observational data about primary care provider (PCP) knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors on a variety of topics. Card studies have been influential in changing clinical practice, such as the reduction of antibiotics in patients with upper respiratory infections.

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Episode 293 – Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Describe difficulties and examples of how to measure unconscious race bias in medical practice. Identify strategies to mitigate bias and stigma in the electronic health record as a trainee and medical practitioner. He has also served as a Council member and Secretary of SGIM.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Lastly, Soo Borson is a self-described primary care leaning geriatric psychiatrist, developer of the Mini-Cog, and co-leads the CDC-funded BOLD Center on Early Detection of Dementia. Alex 00:09 We are delighted to welcome S oo Borson, who is a primary care oriented geriatric psychiatrist. Should it? Is that right, Soo?

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. The hospital refused without a court order, and the case eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. I really don’t know life at all.”

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. I’m just stunned even writing that!