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Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

This indicates poor quality of life (QOL) for SCD patients and a high financial burden on the healthcare system. Study Design: Retrospective single-site cohort study of patients diagnosed with SCD (ICD10 codes starting with D57) from Jan 2020 to December 2023. The highest admission rate per patient was 59 over 4 years.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

Myriad Genetics has been conducting the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor surveys since 2020 to learn about American attitudes towards mental health and related issues. But the trial-and-error process is common and may be frustrating enough to discourage someone from seeking mental health treatment altogether.”

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Mental Health in Michigan: A Direct Primary Care Approach

Plum Health

I've seen firsthand the challenges people face when it comes to accessing quality mental health care. It's a different way of doing healthcare, one that puts patients at the center. The Mental Health Landscape in Michigan Michigan, like many states, has a significant burden of mental health issues.

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

Large language models will soon find their way in to everyday clinical settings , simply because the global shortage of healthcare personnel is becoming dire and AI will lend a hand with tasks that do not require skilled medical professionals. Current medical AIs only process one type of data, for example, text or X-ray images.

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Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disproportionately impacts persons with substance use and mental health disorders within the United States. Setting: MedStar Health, a multidisciplinary and multispecialty health care system in the mid-Atlantic. were on Medicaid insurance when diagnosed. Among new patients, 58.9%

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

PEMBlog

In fact, some Emergency Departments note that as many as one tenth of their patient volume is mental health. They carry existing diagnoses and are followed by outpatient mental health providers. Pediatric behavior and mental health is an epidemic, and one that is likely to get even worse.

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Physician Wellness: An Oxymoron?

Pamela Wible MD

Doctors have little time to process their trauma Doctors are exposed to intense suffering—child abuse, domestic violence, terminal diagnoses, and death. Since many states ask invasive mental health questions on license applications, physicians fear being labeled “unfit” to practice. How can we improve physician mental health?