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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

Context: In May 2023, Mayo Clinic implemented a revised screening tool to assess social determinants of health (SDOH) for its patients. Objective: To assess the impact of a question on need for assistance with social risk factors identified through routine screening.

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Compass Rose for Generating Community-based Referrals via Epic: Best Practices and Lessons Learned [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

We also assessed patterns of social risks and need for assistance among our patient populations. Setting or Dataset: We used data from Epic on social needs screening and Compass Rose utilization. Of those patients with an episode (i.e.,

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Relationship between Social Risks and Colorectal Cancer Screening/Surveillance in a Large US Health System [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Social determinants of health (SDOH) such as access to care and economic stability negatively impact colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates. Results Among 159,491 adults age 50-75 eligible for CRC screening/surveillance, younger, male, non-white patients were less likely to be up to date on CRC testing.

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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. ITS model- proportion of individuals who screened positive for at least one HRSN, aggregated by week. Logistic regression model- binary indicator for a positive screen.

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Addressing diabetes management in the context of social needs: a qualitative study of primary care providers [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Diabetes management (DM) for patients with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) can be hindered by non-medical, health-related social needs. Some providers felt that even with medication assistance programs and utilizing less expensive medications, medications and testing supplies remain a financial burden to their diabetic patients.

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Is DCIS Cancer or Not?

AMMD

I also did a screening blood test to look for circulating tumor cells, which I will have an article on this soon! They also include mammary ducts that store and transport the milk. This is why conventional physicians treat DCIS in patients with surgery, radiation, and sometimes chemotherapy.

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Middle to Older Age Latinas Experiences Across the Cervical Cancer Continuum: Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment and Impact [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Cervical cancer screening rates among middle to older age Latinas (>45yrs) - roughly 6.5 Methods: In-depth semi-structured interviews using the Database of Individual Patient Experiences (DIPEx) methodology. million people in the U.S. – lag behind. Verbatim transcripts in English and Spanish were analyzed in NVivo 14.

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