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When the diagnosis is personal: What my mother’s Alzheimer’s taught me about healing

KevinMD

I’ve counseled families through heartbreaking prognoses, navigated complex care plans, and educated patients about conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. I thought I understood what it meant to live with a memory disorder, until my mother became my most challenging, most personal patient.

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Bup-ing Up Residency: A Dose of Change for OUD Care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context With buprenorphine prescribing restrictions lifted, primary care physicians (PCP) are frequently the first contact for patients who have opioid use disorder (OUD) and require treatment with buprenorphine. Study Design A behavioral health curriculum was designed for second year residents. Notable, 92.9%

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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. While primary care (PC) settings have the potential to bridge this gap in care, many care teams lack the education and training required to effectively manage patients with OUD.

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Decisional Regret Two-Year after Diagnosis with Low-risk Prostate Cancer in a Population-based Sample [Cancer research (not screening)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To assess decisional regret (DR) and QOL changes by treatment choice (surgery, radiation or active surveillance) two years after diagnosis in a cohort of men with LPC. Patients: Black and White men ≤75 years with newly diagnosed LPC, 2014 to 2017. Design: Longitudinal cohort study. years at baseline (SD=6.7,

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Understanding Barriers to Congenital Syphilis Prevention and Care Through Provider and Patient Perspectives [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

It evaluated the nature and impact of stigma, health literacy, effective communication with healthcare providers, and the emotional responses associated with a CS diagnosis. Mothers noted withholding their diagnosis due to feelings of shame, guilt, or embarrassment.

Provider 130
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Interventions Between Providers and Patients with Limited English Proficiency to Improve Health-Related Outcomes [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design This study was a systematic review of randomized controlled trials to identify RCTs demonstrating successful interventions that used communication interventions to impact patient outcomes. Additionally, studies with more than one intervention tended to use a mix of counseling and education.

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Factors Influencing Self-Care Behavior in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Physician's Weekly

Age, education, and health literacy emerged as key drivers of self-care behavior in individuals with chronic kidney disease. Identifying factors that influence self-care behavior (SCB) is crucial for improving patient outcomes. Identifying factors that influence self-care behavior (SCB) is crucial for improving patient outcomes.