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Churning out of insurance among patients with diabetes served in US Community Health Centers [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate insurance instability (churn) among adults with diabetes receiving care at community-based health centers (CHC) serving socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. 46,844 patients were diagnosed with diabetes during study period. 46,844 patients were diagnosed with diabetes during study period.

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Is a Medical Office Assistant Career Right for You?

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Effective communication skills: Medical office assistants must clearly communicate with patients, doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. Knowledge of medical terminology: Understanding common abbreviations, diagnoses, and procedures helps you do your job effectively.

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Presence of Cardiomyopathy in DLBCL Drives Treatment Decisions

Physician's Weekly

Upshaw, MD , and colleagues developed an anonymous electronic survey they emailed to 12 academic medical systems, three US lymphoma cooperative groups, and two community hospitals, and distributed at one international lymphoma meeting. She has no cardiopulmonary symptoms, ECOG PS 0, and no other comorbidities.”

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

GeriPal

And so certainly from a family’s perspective, a family caregiver perspective, the last thing we want to have when it comes to good dementia care is a diagnose and audio scenario, or in this case, some type of screening result, and then we’ll see you again in six months. It can’t be diagnosed and adios.

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Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Participants were recruited via electronic healthcare records, community tabling events, and social media efforts. Our Community Advisory Board (CAB) guided this work. Only a few received stage 1 diagnoses. Verbatim transcripts in English and Spanish were analyzed in NVivo 14.

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How to Prepare for Your Preventive Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

Dr. James Martínez, family medicine physician at Community Health Partners, explains: “Preventive care represents one of the most powerful tools we have in medicine. Review your family health history, particularly any new diagnoses among blood relatives since your last appointment.

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Knowing that the community is really underrepresented in sort of our knowledge, what we do, how we provide care that’s truly inclusive and welcoming. For instance, our indigenous communities, such as some of our indigenous communities use the Term two spirit, to identify their sexual orientation and also sometimes their gender identity.