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Perceived acceptability and feasibility of integrating breast and cervical cancer screening for women and providers in Kenya [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Integrated screening for BC and CC can maximize the number of women screened and optimize limited resources. Few efforts have been made to integrate BC and CC screening in Kenya. Objective This study assesses the acceptability and feasibility of integrating BC screening into the CC screening program in Kenya.

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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. Double booking is sometimes used as a strategy to manage no-shows.

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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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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. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org.

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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. Koller, President of the Milbank Memorial Fund.

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Medicine or Madness?

Blood, Sweat, and Tears

You have to be able to laugh at situations, the system, the government, people and especially yourself (Mostly yourself). I was suprised he had managed for so long. Sister N pointed to the screen with a blood pressure reading of 180/110. I’m not sure why. I have been carried through some dark times by humor.

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

Permanente Medicine

And I quickly found myself in a role of access lead for Orange County and where I managed over 300 doctors. They’re due for cervical cancer screening, that they get that if they are due for a lab test, they get that. I know for a fact that the government or legislators looked to us in Permanente.