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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Introduction The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) recognizes the utility and potential for Measurement Based Care (MBC) as a core feature of high-quality integrated healthcare. MBC enhances therapeutic alliance and improves culturally informed care to diverse patient groups. (10, 3, 4) Why is MBC important?

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Q&A: Persistent Bowel Symptoms Impact QOL Following IPAA

Physician's Weekly

Patients with ulcerative colitis report better quality of life after IPAA, but bowel symptoms like urgency and incontinence continue to have a negative impact. They asked the patients with various pouch-related conditions about their post-IPAA experiences and symptoms. Barnes, MD, MPH tells Physician’s Weekly ( PW ).

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Anterior CEREC Veneers with Esthetic Crown Lengthening by Solea Laser

CDOCS

. </em></strong></p> <p>[image:1_Rohde_EL_Pre_Op_smile.jpg]</p> <p>[image:2_Rohde_EL_Pre_op_retracted.jpg]</p> <p><strong>Case Summary: </strong>A 43-year-old female patient presented to the practice for her regular check-up. </p>

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. At its core, the technology utilizes sophisticated speech recognition to transcribe a conversation in the exam room or at the bedside. The result?

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Pre-Extraction Bone Grafting

CDOCS

Out of the various available treatment options one strategy which can be employed is that of pre-extraction bone grafting illustrated by the following case report.</span></p> Although the tooth was deemed to have a hopeless prognosis it was asymptomatic. </span></p> <p>[image:Figure_1.jpg]<br

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Medical Music Mondays: STI Guy

PEMBlog

We should test for them in patients with and without symptoms and have a treatment plan as well. chorus] Empiric treatment for high risk patients Otherwise have a follow up plan Sexually transmitted infections The scourge across the land These songs and video were created using AI and span a litany of musical genres and styles.

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You don’t need to order comprehensive viral panels for most patients

PEMBlog

This is a blog post designed to disseminate the important work of Choosing Wisely , an initiative of the the American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation, the goal of which is the spark conversations between clinicians and patients about what tests, treatments, and procedures are needed – and which ones are not.