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Personalized medicine in a community health system: the Endeavor Health experience [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Successful implementation required the development of a scalable family history collection tool, the Genetic and Wellness Assessment (GWA) and Breast Health Assessment (BHA) tools; integrated pharmacogenomics programming; educational programming; electronic medical record integration; and robust clinical decision support tools.

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

GeriPal

What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. They aren’t going to be better unless we have health systems that actually respond to detection of cognitive impairment with good care plans and follow through, as Joe was talking about.

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

A NY Times article titled Should Patients Be Allowed to Die From Anorexia ? This is a unique opportunity to join UCSFs vibrant and renowned faculty, teach and mentor future doctors, and make a lasting impact at one of the nations leading safety-net hospitals. We don’t have a way of operationalizing which patients qualify.

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