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What Does Behavioral Health Provider Practice in Primary Care Look Like? [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

BHPs’ clinical time was divided among direct patient care (56%), administrative tasks (29%) and consultation with other team members (15%). Process maps revealed similar processes across BHPs/practices with some differences in completing screening and rooming and scheduling patients.

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How Hydration Affects Blood Pressure Levels

Imperial Center Family Medicine

Comprehending how your hydration level influences your blood pressure readings can contribute to better heart health and prevent unnecessary medications or treatment interventions. How Dehydration Influences Blood Pressure Readings Your level of hydration directly impacts the accuracy of your blood pressure management screening.

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How Hydration Affects Blood Pressure Levels

Imperial Center Family Medicine

Comprehending how your hydration level influences your blood pressure readings can contribute to better heart health and prevent unnecessary medications or treatment interventions. How Dehydration Influences Blood Pressure Readings Your level of hydration directly impacts the accuracy of your blood pressure management screening.

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You don’t need labs to medically clear a psych patient

PEMBlog

When should the emergency physician obtain lab tests to medically clear such patients? Also, while evidence for lab evaluation based on history and exam findings was established for adults, children were considered to have a medical etiology (organic psychosis) until proven otherwise. Acute onset psychosis is relatively rare.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. But these early systems often struggled with complex medical terminology and the natural flow of conversation.

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PEMPix 2024 Online Case #4: Frozen Ever After

PEMBlog

This case was submitted by Dr. Inbar Plaut PEM Fellow at UMASS Chan Medical School | UMASS Memorial Children’s Medical Center IG handle(s): @inbar.y, @umasspem Co-author: Zachary Binder The Case A 2-month-old male presents with 2-days of reluctance to move the right lower extremity. No recent illnesses or any other symptoms.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. We talk with Nick and Meg about: Why hearing loss is important not just in geriatrics but also for those caring for seriously ill individuals.

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