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Diabetes related complications among Ethiopian Jews-Outcomes of a 10 years cohort study in Israel [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Design and analysis: The study employed a comprehensive cohort design to compare individuals with T2D who were Ethiopian-born to their Israeli-born counterparts. Data for this investigation were sourced from a community-based approach, utilizing information from CHS, which integrates data from community sources and hospitals.

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Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. The complex dynamics of human systems driving Super-utilization lack prominence.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

HB 86 – Rural Hospital Investment Fund Bill What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. Terri Collins, HB 86 proposes the establishment of a Rural Hospital Investment Program in Alabama, which would serve as a conduit for financial support from the public directed towards rural hospitals in the state.

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Three Practices, Three Stories: best practices and unique approaches to substance use screening in rural primary care [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Three PC practices (two private and one hospital-based) in the High Plains Research Network and the Colorado Research Network in rural Colorado. Tailoring individual strategies can facilitate SBIRT implementation in rural PC practices. Study Design: Collective case study approach using qualitative summaries of PF field notes.

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How hospitals can cut admission delays by 30%

Today's Hospitalist

LIKE MOST HOSPITALS , Veterans Affairs facilities across the country track admission delays, the amount of time it takes to move a patient who’s being admitted out of the ED and into an inpatient bed. That checklist includes patient demographics and the individual patient’s clinical needs. reduction.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

At that point, he had not yet committed to the individual health insurance mandate that made his reforms possible but later became a political liability during his Presidential campaigns. It was one thing to ask drivers to buy car insurance. Owning a car is a choice. Together, Romney and Kennedy approached the George W. Phillips, Jr.

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Beware the bait-and-switch when it comes to HM program contracts

Sound Physicians

While we’ve earned our reputation over the decades for our clinical excellence in hospital medicine , we’ve also earned — somewhat unfairly — a reputation for being more expensive than our competitors. Not all contracts are created equal As CEO for Hospital Medicine , I’ve heard a version of this story time and again.

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