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Risks and Needs: Lessons Learned from Assessing Patients Willingness to Receive Help for Social Risks in Primary Care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In May 2023, Mayo Clinic implemented a revised screening tool to assess social determinants of health (SDOH) for its patients. Objective: To assess the impact of a question on need for assistance with social risk factors identified through routine screening.

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Combating Food Insecurity in Minnesota

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

Here are some ways family physicians can collaborate with health care systems and community organizations to tackle food insecurity within Minnesota: Expand Food Insecurity Screenings: Train staff to use tools like Hunger Vital Signs and integrate food insecurity screenings into routine care.

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

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? Should it? I think she’s the creator of the mini cog.

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