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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Individuals with complex conditions—those with multiple physical, mental, or behavioral health conditions--require numerous health and social services that are not effectively co-delivered by the current healthcare system.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare

Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The first OA diagnosis in record must occur from 2009-2014 and index date is OA diagnosis date. OASI is the sum number of care elements offered (NSAID fills, opioid fills, intra-articular injection, knee x-ray, knee advanced imaging, and physical therapy). Results: Overall, average age at OA diagnosis was 64.0 SD 1.5).

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Electronics Physicals Clinic

Creative Dissemination: Community-Engaged Mural to Disseminate the PORTRAIT Registry on Peripheral Arterial Disease [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Public health initiatives, including community engagement projects, are vital for promoting early diagnosis and encouraging behaviors to combat PAD. Materials detailed resources for PAD screening, physical activity, and smoking cessation and were distributed through dissemination activities and partners.

Community

Community Patient-Centered Utilities Diagnosis

Easing Arthritis Pain: Natural Remedies & Medical Treatments

Center for Family Medicine

MARCH 28, 2025

In many cases, the diagnosis is arthritic pain. Medication and physical therapy If lifestyle changes cannot reduce pain significantly, pain management is a useful tool. Physical therapy (PT) is a non-surgical, natural remedy for arthritis. A doctor will diagnose arthritis and recommend a physical therapy regimen.

Medical

Medical Physicals Management Treatment Plan

5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Hitchcock Family Medicine

AUGUST 5, 2022

Disease Diagnosis If a patient visits a hospital with specific symptoms, a primary care doctor diagnoses what they're suffering from. They can do this through physical exams and by sending the patient to the laboratory for blood tests and toxicology reports looking for diseases or illnesses.

Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Doctor Provider Primary Care

Sleep Disorders: Improving Rest For Better Overall Health

Center for Family Medicine

APRIL 21, 2025

Sleep is essential for physical and mental well-being. Consult a doctor, sleep specialist, or therapist for the right diagnosis and treatment. Enjoy better overall health Poor quality sleep is the catalyst for physical health problems, such as the increased risk of chronic disease.

Consulting

Consulting Individual Physicals Chronic Disease

Impact of Integrative Medicine in People with Cancer: An Analysis from the BraveNet Practice-Based Research Network [Cancer research (not screening)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population: Adults with cancer (any type), completion of the index visit survey, as well as receipt of >1 integrative medicine encounter and completion of >1 one follow-up survey over 12 months. Breast cancer was the most common (51%) diagnosis. The mean age was 55 years and 72% had commercial insurance.

Screening

Screening Utilities Patient-Centered Insurance

Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 20, 2025

In our direct primary care setting, we take the time to deep-dive and explain options to our patients so they’re comfortable with a diagnosis and treatment plan that might not require an X-ray. An MRI augments and adds confidence to our clinical diagnosis. Imaging isn’t always required to get them there. Reach out today.

Management

Management Primary Care Physician Primary Care Patient-Centered

Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Vida Family Medicine

JUNE 28, 2024

Come prepared to your doctors’ appointment: Make sure you are scheduled for a problem visit, not a physical or check-up, so that you are scheduled appropriately in the correct time slot and there will not be confusion about billing. Here are my tips to make the most of the system we have, and how to avoid the snake-oil!

Patients

Patients Primary Care Appointment Diagnose

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Now, in the pediatric emergency department, the diagnosis of reflux is primarily clinical. Again, otherwise the diagnosis is based on history and physical examination.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered

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

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. We talk about diagnosis, et cetera, but it’s almost more of a community conversation. I think she’s the creator of the mini cog. Is that right, Soo?

Screening

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT

Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

Edge Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Edge Family Medicine , serving Upland, Montclair, and Rancho Cucamonga , offers both telemedicine and in-person visits , ensuring you get the right care when you need it. When to Visit in Person Annual physical exams & vaccinations. Why Choose Edge Family Medicine? Let’s break it down. What Is Telemedicine?

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Family Medicine DO Chronic Disease Management

How Often Should You Get Cholesterol Screening? Understanding Your Risk Factors

Imperial Center Family Medicine

APRIL 7, 2025

Imperial Center Family Medicine healthcare specialists have extensive training in evidence-based prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of lipid disorders. Understanding Your Risk Factors appeared first on Imperial Center Family Medicine. The post How Often Should You Get Cholesterol Screening?

Screening

Screening Healthcare Family Medicine DO

Influential women in the history of medicine

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

MARCH 16, 2022

Most notably, it led the way to the development of the x-ray, which allowed internal imagery to be used for diagnosis without the need for open surgery, and radiation therapy for treating cancer. Curie earned a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, and yet another in Chemistry in 1911, the first and only woman to have been honoured twice.

Medical

Medical Education Family Medicine DO

Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

GeriPal

JUNE 16, 2022

We discuss with her how we should work-up and manage “urinary tract infections” (I’ve added air quotes to “UTI” in honor of Tom Finucane’s JAGS article titled “Urinary Tract Infection”—Requiem for a Heavyweight in which he advocated to put air quotes around the term UTI due to the ambiguity of the diagnosis.). I am so excited to be here.

Management

Management IT Medical Patient-Centered

Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

GeriPal

MAY 9, 2024

Alex: And Sammy Winemaker, who’s a palliative care physician and Associate Clinical Professor at McMaster University in the Department of Family Medicine, Division of Palliative Care. How you actually physically started doing this and built up so many followers over time and why are you doing it? Sammy: Thank you so much.

Education

Education IT Illness Healthcare

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

Factors such as a history of trauma (abuse, neglect, sexual assault, attachment trauma, etc), life stressors including serious physical or mental illness, and social influences that portray thinness as an ideal and promote dieting combine with an underlying genetic predisposition to contribute to development of an eating disorder.

Mental Health

Mental Health Physicals Family Medicine DO

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Validation of an Administrative Knee Osteoarthritis Severity Index in a Veterans Health Affairs Cohort [Big data]

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Creative Dissemination: Community-Engaged Mural to Disseminate the PORTRAIT Registry on Peripheral Arterial Disease [Cardiovascular disease]

Easing Arthritis Pain: Natural Remedies & Medical Treatments

5 Essential Services Provided by Primary Doctors

Sleep Disorders: Improving Rest For Better Overall Health

Impact of Integrative Medicine in People with Cancer: An Analysis from the BraveNet Practice-Based Research Network [Cancer research (not screening)]

Orthopedic Pain Management: When to Skip the Specialist

Getting Answers: A Patient's Guide to Discussing Unexplained Symptoms with Your Doctor

Scope This! A Podcast on Gastroesophageal Reflux and Gastritis

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

Telemedicine vs. In-Person Care: Choosing the Best Option for Your Health

How Often Should You Get Cholesterol Screening? Understanding Your Risk Factors

Influential women in the history of medicine

Managing Urinary Symptoms and UTI’s in Older Adults

Public Facing Education via Social Media: A Podcast with Julie McFadden, Matt Tyler, Sammy Winemaker and Hsien Seow

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

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