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Envisioning roles for patient partners in primary health care systems of the future: A structured priority setting exercise [Patient engagement]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Primary health care (PHC) is a whole-society approach to health and well-being, providing holistic care to patients across their lifespan. Objective: To engage the PHC community and identify how patient partners can best support primary health care design, delivery, research, and education.

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An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. On Why Integrated Care Should Be a Cornerstone of the HHS Agenda

Integrated Care News by CFHA

If your vision for health in America is about access, dignity, and truly holistic care, then integrated care should be at the heart of your Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) platform. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit.

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How early-career family physicians integrate social accountability into practice: Findings from a multijurisdictional qualitative study

Canadian Family Physician

Methods Initially a deductive analysis was conducted using a framework for categorizing 3 different levels of social accountability (individual patient [micro], community [meso], and system [macro]). These values, which are consistent with social accountability, informed their choice to pursue medicine and family medicine specifically.

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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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Self-Esteem Scores Soar One Year After Metabolic, Bariatric Surgery

Physician's Weekly

from Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, and colleagues examined changes in patients’ internalized weight stigma before and after MBS. Patients aged 18+ who underwent primary bariatric surgery from 2006 to 2019 were identified (5,749 patients). Justin Dhyani, M.D., versus +46.9 All rights reserved.

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

This should consequently inform the development of cross-cutting comprehensive strategies rather than focusing on a single substance. For healthcare providers, there should be a recognition that holistic care involves more than just prescribing medications.

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