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SGLT-2 inhibitor, cardiovascular risk and outcome in patients with comorbidity of hypertension and diabetes [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Two thirds of diabetes patients complicated with hypertension, and comorbidity increase 4-fold risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Setting or Dataset Five electronic systems of community clinic. Outcome Measures Changes of China-PAR score and cardiovascular hospitalization events.

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Contraceptive counseling for gender-diverse patients: A community needs assessment [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Sexual- and gender-minority (SGM) patients face high rates of discrimination, bias, and gender dysphoria when seeking care, including when seeking contraception. Study Design and Analysis: Targeted needs assessment using a cross-sectional study design. Population Studied: Adults who self-identified as SGM in North Texas.

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Patient Violence Travels Cross-Setting: From EMS to ED to Inpatient

Physician's Weekly

Research shows that patient violence spans care settings, starting in the out-of-hospital setting, continuing in the ED, and persisting into inpatient units. The analysis captured 206 violent out-of-hospital encounters, 868 violent ED encounters, and 3,561 violent non-ED hospital encounters involving 2,251 unique patients.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. for CA, 0.85

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

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Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

The Health Policy Exchange

MDPCP is a multi-payer "advanced primary care" program modeled after previous patient-centered medical home projects such as the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation's (CMMI) Comprehensive Primary Care initiative. Also, patients may not have a choice of specialists, depending on the insurer's network.

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Q&A: Can Digital Inhalers Predict Exacerbations of COPD?

Physician's Weekly

Bradley Drummond, MD, MHS , professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine at the University of North Carolina, to learn more about the study and its implications for patients with COPD. It’s almost as if the physiology was changing before the patient became aware of the worsening symptoms.