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Risks and Needs: Lessons Learned from Assessing Patients Willingness to Receive Help for Social Risks in Primary Care [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Intervention/Instrument: The intervention includes a short survey to determine patients’ needs with respect to transportation, food insecurity, financial difficulty related to utility payments, and housing. Study Design and Analysis: Descriptive analysis of secondary data.

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Calcium and Vitamin D: Essentials for Strong Bones

AMMD

This ensures your body can effectively absorb and utilize these nutrients where you need them most— in your bones! Several key nutrients, known as cofactors, are essential for their effectiveness: Magnesium converts vitamin D into its active form, supports bone structure, and helps regulate calcium transport.

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Health-Related Social Needs Increase and Persist following Onset of COVID-19 Pandemic [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Health-related social needs (HRSN), such as housing, food, and transportation, play a major role in overall patient health and well-being. The Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) pandemic amplified HRSN disparities, adding stress to social support systems. Logistic regression model- binary indicator for a positive screen.

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You don’t need X-Rays in a child with bronchiolitis, croup, asthma, or first time wheezing

PEMBlog

Numerous studies have found that radiographs performed in these clinical conditions rarely reveal information necessitating a change in ED management despite high CXR utilization and wide variation in both children’s specialty hospitals and general EDs. Evaluation of the utility of radiography in acute bronchiolitis. PMID: 28763554.

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Social Risk Burden and Its Impact on Healthcare Use in IBD

Physician's Weekly

Hispanic), 64% (95% CI, 59-69%) reported social risks in 1 or more domains, including food insecurity (22%), financial hardship (28%), housing instability (14%), transportation needs (9%), education and employment (9%), and discrimination (41%). 10.2]) and cost-related medication non-adherence (OR, 11.8 [2.7-52.1]),

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. There were trip hazards, loose carpets, some people were hoarders. And yet, after assisting the older adult to their feet, the EMS providers would leave. Their job was done. It’s not surprising that the number of repeat calls for falls is alarmingly high. Alex: I think this is a first.

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The Physicians Foundation Continues Efforts to Tackle Chronic Disease—America’s Leading Cause of Death—by Addressing Drivers of Health

The Physicians Foundation

Similarly, Dr. Ryan Lowery , a compassionate pediatrician at a federally qualified health center in Austin, Texas, recognized that factors like food insecurity and lack of transportation can stand between children and their well-being. As the U.S.