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High use of the emergency department among patients in Krakow, Poland: An alternative to seeking primary care? [Acute and emergency care]

Annals of Family Medicine

Individuals who frequently attend the ED comprise up to 10% of patients, while accounting for a third of ED visits. There is a lack of information on high ED use in other jurisdictions, specifically in Central and Eastern Europe. Objective: To describe frequent ED use among patients in Krakow, Poland.

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Barriers to and Facilitators of Participant Engagement in a Multi-level Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes and Food Insecurity [Clinical trial]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To explore participants’ barriers to and facilitators of engagement in a multilevel, cross-sector clinical trial designed to address social needs and improve health-related outcomes for individuals with T2D experiencing food insecurity. their 3-month endpoint visit).

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Demystifying Autism: Understanding the Spectrum

Family Physicians of Greeley

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, educator, or simply curious about autism, this post aims to provide a comprehensive overview of what autism is and what it means for individuals and their families. It is often referred to as a “spectrum” because it manifests differently in each individual, ranging from mild to severe.

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Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Contributing to this challenge is the exponential growth of information, an expanding population of older adults, and office visit documentation. Information is coming at clinicians, whether they be doctors, nurses, pharmacists, faster than ever, and there is a transparency that exists around us.

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Two “Unresolvable” Prescribing/Dispensing Red Flags Unfurled

FDA Law Blog

Our reader informed us of two additional prescribing/dispensing red flags that DEA has alleged are unresolvable that he wanted to share with the pharmacy community. Gulf Med Pharmacy; Decision and Order, 86 Fed. 72,694, 72,703 (Dec. Deborah Dowell et al., 1, Recommendation 3. at Background.

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

GeriPal

What should we use to screen individuals? So people who have Medicare mostly fee for service in a dementia diagnosis should have access to a care, essentially a care navigator for the duration of their condition, or at least the duration of the program. Who should get it if anyone? What happens after they test positive?

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