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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. This study also provides the first formal evaluation of the KHH program.

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Utilities Illness Healthcare

shared decision-making with users with complex care needs: a scoping review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context A number of patients have complex care needs that arise from interactions among multiple factors, such as multimorbidity, mental health issues, and social vulnerability. These factors influence decisions about healthcare and health services. Setting Any context across PCCNs healthcare services utilization.

Mental Health

Mental Health Chronic Condition Consulting Healthcare

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

MAY 1, 2025

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. It’s a time to dedicate promoting the understanding as well as discussing and sharing personal experiences revolving around mental health. adults experience mental illness each year. What is Mental Health? What is the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health?

Mental Health

Mental Health Family Medicine DO Education

Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objectives: To link primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data with community and hospital data and to test the utility of the merged dataset through a targeted quality improvement (QI) intervention among high-risk patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Primary Care

Primary Care Electronics Hospital Medical

Intersections Between Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Marital Status Associations with Depression Symptoms [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Depression remains a prevalent mental health condition, with rates of diagnosis disproportionately increasing for women and Black or Hispanic adults. Study Design and Analysis: This study utilized survey-based methodology to estimate adjusted odds ratios (OR) and interaction effects using ordinal generalized linear model.

Illness

Illness Mental Health Individual Utilities

Well-being Investment: Movement & Exercise

Joy in Family Medicine Coaching

JANUARY 10, 2025

This is referred to as NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) and is important for maintaining baseline metabolism and utilization of calories. Some studies consider less than 5,000 steps a day sedentary and associated with poorer health outcomes. What a fantastic health intervention! You deserve this too!

Appointment

Appointment Physicals IT Mental Health

Health Care Access, Social Support, and Suicidal Ideation in a Transgender and Cisgender Population [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care is a main source for behavioral or mental health care provision in adults. Data suggests primary care settings may be an important place for mental health interventions, specifically for assessing and treating suicidal ideation (SI).

Primary Care

Primary Care Mental Health Insurance Healthcare

Evaluation of an AI-Based Voice Biomarker Tool to Detect Signals Consistent With Moderate to Severe Depression [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Mental health screening is recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force for all patients in areas where treatment options are available. CONCLUSIONS Machine learning has potential utility in helping clinicians screen patients for moderate to severe depression. 95% CI, 69.0-73.5) and a specificity of 73.5 (95%

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Mental Health Utilities

To Be a Professional: How Family Physicians Interpret and Encounter Professionalism [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Analysis: All interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed utilizing NVivo software following an inductive content analysis approach. They felt their professionalism was supported through family time, mental health support, and regular time off.

Family Physician

Family Physician Families Family Patient-Centered

Scaling up integrated care programs for people with complex needs: a realist synthesis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Adults with multiple chronic diseases, mental health comorbidities, and/or social vulnerabilities, may have complex health and social care needs (hereafter "complex needs"). enhanced experience), health system (e.g. strengthened capacity, capability, and collaboration) and community (e.g. healthier communities).

Integrated Care

Integrated Care Finance Primary Care Chronic Disease

Self-management support as an add-on to usual care for adults experiencing anxiety: A pragmatic randomized clinical trial [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The program comprises a broad range of mental health intervention strategies and wellness-focused approaches in a nondirective toolkit aimed at building self-management skills. Secondary outcome measures include self-reported instruments for quality of life, anxiety and depressive symptoms, recovery, and service utilization.

Management

Management Illness Clinic Mental Health

Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Early identification and intervention in behavioral aspects of chronic diseases leads to improved function with decreased healthcare utilization, yet we know little about referral patterns for behavioral support of chronic disease. 88% (n= 11,483) of BH referrals were created for the management of a mental health condition.

Referral

Referral Chronic Condition Medical Chronic Disease

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. And also, really like the way that you have identified different kinds of outcomes, spiritual wellbeing with the facet SP, as well as then impact on mental health outcomes or emotional distress outcomes of anxiety and depression. You started off as a physician, right?

IT Patient-Centered Families Family

Utilizing Community Outreach Workers to address COVID-19 Misinformation [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Of the educational events that targeted youth, some vulnerable populations included children, pregnant teens, children with special needs (neurodevelopmental/mental health needs), impoverished individuals, recent juvenile justice wards of the state, and LGBTQ+ identifying individuals. preferred not to answer).

Community

Community Utilities Vaccination Education

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

shared decision-making with users with complex care needs: a scoping review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Trending Sources

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Implementation of a novel linkage of primary care electronic medical record data with hospital data in South Eastern Ontario [Big data]

Intersections Between Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Marital Status Associations with Depression Symptoms [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Well-being Investment: Movement & Exercise

Health Care Access, Social Support, and Suicidal Ideation in a Transgender and Cisgender Population [Health care disparities]

Evaluation of an AI-Based Voice Biomarker Tool to Detect Signals Consistent With Moderate to Severe Depression [Original Research]

To Be a Professional: How Family Physicians Interpret and Encounter Professionalism [Qualitative research]

Scaling up integrated care programs for people with complex needs: a realist synthesis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Self-management support as an add-on to usual care for adults experiencing anxiety: A pragmatic randomized clinical trial [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

RCT of Chaplaincy: Lexy Torke, Karen Steinhauser, LaVera Crawley

Utilizing Community Outreach Workers to address COVID-19 Misinformation [COVID-19]

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