Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) disproportionately impacts persons with substance use and mental health disorders within the United States. A small-scale, peer navigation focused micro-elimination project was launched to facilitate treatment engagement and re-testing for individuals experiencing elevated risk of HCV re-infection.

Behavioral Health Services 130

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare 130

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Jessie: Exactly. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Katie: Yeah.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening IT 136

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

Eric: So in some ways, this is kind of like the VA, where you don’t have to follow Medicare guidelines, but you can actually actively do concurrent care for these individuals. We have about 450 inpatient mental health beds. We also look at their mental health. Michele: Yeah. We have that. Alex: Mm-hmm.

Family 132

Family Families IT Community 132

GeriPal

JULY 6, 2023

It was designed to really balance what Medicaid at the time was to provide nursing homes and Medicare is obviously health insurance. I have 24,500 veterans on our caseload, 14,000 individuals with diagnosed mental health issue, 8,500 with an alcohol and substance abuse. Acute care is called acute care for a reason.

Community 89

Community Nurse Practitioner Provider IT 89