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How Mental Health & SUD Bias Impact ED Physical Care

Physician's Weekly

Mental health and SUD bias impact the quality of ED care that patients with these conditions receive for physical health concerns, according to research. The post How Mental Health & SUD Bias Impact ED Physical Care first appeared on Physician's Weekly.

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How your mental health can affect your physical health

Vida Family Medicine

Most patients who go to see a primary care doctor are concerned about improving their physical health. They want to live a long life free of chronic health problems that may cause pain, limit their activities, or cause complications that could land them in the hospital. Mental health and physical health are completely intertwined.

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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

Ensure that the reorganized SAMHSA is closely aligned with the medical side of HHS programs including the Bureau of Primary Health Care, so that mental health priorities support physical health priorities and visa versa. It provides immediate, non-stigmatized behavioral health support at the point of medical care, often in the same visit.

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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

Violence in hospital emergency departments (EDs) has reached crisis levels. For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. The Warner Bros.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

Assisting surgeries, disinfecting rooms, dispensing medication, keeping company: believe it or not these are the tasks medical robots will soon undertake in hospitals, pharmacies, or your nearest doctor’s office. These new ‘colleagues’ will definitely make a difference in every field of medicine.

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Where To Look

StorytellERdoc

She sat upright in her treatment cot, knees drawn up to her chest and covered by the thin hospital-issued bed sheet. Her physical exam was concerning for the abdominal pain she complained of. It was just fourteen short years ago that I had been sitting in a corner chair of a hospital room with my mother as the patient.

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Improving Hospital Care for Older Adults through Acute Care for Elders (ACE Units): Kellie Flood and Stephanie Rogers

GeriPal

But if ACE units are so great, why do so few hospitals have them? Kellie Flood’s paper in JAMA IM showing that not only ACE units deliver better care, but also help with the hospitals bottom line. Eric: And we’re going to be talking about improving hospital care for older adults via ACE units, or acute care for elders.

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