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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

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. Objective: Describe the trends in sickle cell admissions between Jan 2020 and Dec 2023 at an academic medical center (AMC) in Augusta, Georgia. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times.

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Associations between tapering or discontinuing opioids and subsequent pain-related primary care visits [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the associations between opioid dose tapers with continued opioid use and opioid tapers with discontinuation, and subsequent pain-related utilization primary care visits, ED encounters, and hospitalizations. 1.31) and hospitalizations (aIRR 0.74, 95% CI: 0.54-1.02). Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

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Top 10 Conditions Treated at an Acute Care Facility

Newnan Family Medicine Associates

Acute care is vital in the healthcare system, providing prompt medical attention for sudden illnesses and injuries. An acute care facility, often called a general hospital, is equipped to diagnose and treat various acute conditions. These facilities boast highly trained medical professionals and advanced.

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Is a Medical Office Assistant Career Right for You?

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Exploring a Medical Office Assistant Career Are you looking for a stable, rewarding career in the healthcare field that doesn’t require a degree? Becoming a medical office assistant might be the perfect choice for you. What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do? What Does a Medical Office Assistant Do?

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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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Study finds it's cost-effective to diagnose intellectual disabilities with whole genome sequencing

Medical Xpress

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital have together with health economists at Linköping University analyzed costs for various methods to diagnose genetic causes of intellectual disability.