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Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Omolara Thomas offered the following recommendations to advocate for the communities we serve: Engage patients in non-targeted ways, asking the same questions to all patients, to gauge how government policies are impacting them. This trip was one of several that delivered aid and helped evacuate residents devastated by the hurricane.

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Double-Booking the Doctor is Half-Booking the Patient

A Country Doctor Writes

In today’s reality, with Meaningful Use, ACOs and Patient Centered Medical Homes, we have to screen for various conditions and risk factors, update medication lists, immunizations and family and social history in every single visit. Government. A Country Doctor Writes: is a reader-supported publication.

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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? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Health systems and payers are asking primary care physicians to take on more — manage multiple complex conditions, answer patient emails, handle insurance administration, and provide mental health and social needs screenings,” said Christopher F. Key findings include: 1. health spending, with spending on Medicare falling to 3.4%

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

Kaiser Permanente’s physician-led, integrated care model focuses on prevention, screening, treatment, and research to drive continuous improvement in care quality standards that have gained national recognition. million members. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org.

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Lots of FDA Guidance, But Few Drug Manufacturing “Remote Interactive Evaluations” (We Would Call Them “Virtual Inspections”)

FDA Law

RIEs will require the facility to accommodate the “use of teleconference, livestream video, and screen sharing of data and documents.” In response, we learned that only about seven – and certainly less than 10 – RIEs for manufacturing compliance have been performed at drug facilities in the last 30 months.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

” Related AI scribes story: Analysis: AI scribes save physicians time, improve patient interactions and work satisfaction Dr. Nguyen also highlighted the potential to utilize artificial intelligence and Kaiser Permanente’s extensive medical database to develop predictive analytic models aimed at enhancing patient care.