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Screening for Social Determinants of Health Among Medicare Beneficiaries in Primary Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Prince George ’s County, Maryland
AbstractPrimary care providers in Prince George ’s County, Maryland reported inconsistencies in their ability to identify and refer patients with social care needs. This project aimed to improve health outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries by implementing social determinant of health (SDOH) screening to identify unmet needs and improve rates of re ferral to appropriate services. Buy-in was achieved from providers and frontline staff via stakeholder meetings at a private primary care group practice. TheHealth Leads questionnaire was modified and integrated into the electronic health record. Medical assistants (MA) were train...
Source: Journal of Community Health - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
The necessity of proactive measures from healthcare providers highlighted by delayed breast cancer diagnosis due to COVID-19: A case report
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Sep 15;11(9):e7919. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7919. eCollection 2023 Sep.ABSTRACTKEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: During disasters, multiple factors can cause significant delays in medical visits. Regular patient monitoring, high-risk individual alerts, and telemedicine enhancements can potentially alleviate these issues and ensure timely interventions.ABSTRACT: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Japanese woman in her 70s delayed her regular breast cancer checkup for over 2 years. During disasters, health priorities tend to decline, necessitating proactive measures from healthcare providers, such as augmenting collaboration ...
Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - September 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yudai Kaneda Akihiko Ozaki Mira Namba Toyoaki Sawano Masahiro Wada Hiroaki Saito Yoshiaki Kanemoto Tomohiro Kurokawa Masaharu Tsubokura Kazunoshin Tachibana Tetsuya Tanimoto Tohru Ohtake Tomozo Ejiri Hiroaki Shimmura Norio Kanzaki Source Type: research
Trends in consultations and prescribing for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: an electronic primary care records study
CONCLUSION: Pandemic-associated restrictions led to fewer primary care consultations and relative increases in analgesic prescribing, including strong opioids, for RMDs in the UK. Policymakers must consider the impact of these changes in future healthcare resource planning.PMID:37722859 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0648
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - September 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Victoria K Welsh Kayleigh J Mason James Bailey Ram Bajpai Kelvin P Jordan Christian D Mallen Claire Burton Source Type: research
General practice as a place to receive help for domestic abuse during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study in England and Wales
CONCLUSION: Perspectives of patients and their families affected by DVA should be prioritised in general practice service planning, including during periods of transition and change.PMID:37722856 | DOI:10.3399/BJGP.2022.0528
Source: The British Journal of General Practice - September 18, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Elizabeth Emsley Caroline Coope Emma Williamson Estela Capelas Barbosa Gene Feder Eszter Szilassy Source Type: research
ASO Visual Abstract: COVID-19 Pandemic Did Not Influence the Number of Oncologic and Emergency Surgeries-A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Tertiary Hospital in Austria
Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Sep 18. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14330-5. Online ahead of print.NO ABSTRACTPMID:37721692 | DOI:10.1245/s10434-023-14330-5
Source: Ann Oncol - September 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lukas Gasteiger Gabriel Putzer Elisabeth Hoerner Michael Joannidis Timo Mayerhoefer Tobias Hell Ottokar Stundner Judith Martini Source Type: research
Impact of COVID-19 on the self-esteem, psychological and dental esthetics of dental students
CONCLUSION: The pandemic, aside from affecting the health of individuals worldwide, also badly affected the well-being, mental health, and self-esteem of the dental students. Dental aesthetics plays a crucial role in the mental wellbeing and self-esteem of the students.PMID:37718829 | DOI:10.3233/WOR-220627
Source: Work - September 18, 2023 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Firas K Alqarawi Beenish Fatima Alam Talha Nayab Sami Alshehry Badr Al-Jandan Faisal Fahim Saqib Ali Source Type: research
Prone Positioning for Patients With COVID-19-Induced Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: Flipping the Script
Respir Care. 2023 Oct;68(10):1449-1464. doi: 10.4187/respcare.11227.ABSTRACTDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, prone positioning (PP) emerged as a widely used supportive therapy for patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 infection. In particular, awake PP (APP)-the placement of non-intubated patients in the prone position-has gained popularity and hence is detailed first herein. This review discusses recent publications on the use of PP for non-intubated and intubated subjects with COVID-19, highlighting the physiological responses, clinical outcomes, influential factors affecting treatment success...
Source: Respiratory Care - September 18, 2023 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Jie Li Miguel Ibarra-Estrada Claude Gu érin Source Type: research
Social Isolation of Older Adults, Family, and Formal Caregivers During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories and Solutions Through Participatory Action Research
Can J Aging. 2023 Sep 18:1-14. doi: 10.1017/S071498082300048X. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis participatory action research (PAR) aimed to understand the health implications of guidelines impacting social isolation among frail community-dwelling older adults and their family and formal caregivers during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Reflexive thematic analysis (RTA) of data collected from 10 policy/procedural documents revealed four themes: valuing principles, identifying problem(s), setting priorities, and making recommendations. Interviews with 31 participants from Peterborough, Ontario, also revealed ...
Source: Canadian Journal on Aging - September 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Ann MacLeod Justine Levesque Catherine Ward-Griffin Source Type: research
Registered Practical Nurses' Experiences of the Moral Habitability of Long-Term Care Environments during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Can J Aging. 2023 Sep 18:1-9. doi: 10.1017/S0714980823000491. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a deleterious impact on the lives of nurses who work in long-term care; however, the moral conditions of their work have been largely unexamined. The purpose of this qualitative study, therefore, was to explore registered practical nurses' (RPNs) experiences of the moral habitability of long-term care environments in Ontario, Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Four themes were identified: (1) Striving to meet responsibilities in a failed system; (2) bearing the moral and emotional weight of residents'...
Source: Canadian Journal on Aging - September 18, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Elizabeth Peter Shan Mohammed Priscilla Boakye Donald Rose Tieghan Killackey Source Type: research
Low Rate of Bacterial Coinfections and Antibiotic Overprescribing During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study from Oman
CONCLUSIONS: During COVID-19, coinfections are rarely seen and the overuse of antibiotics is not justified. The incidence of superinfections is the same as in other patients in healthcare settings caused by the same resistant microorganisms, which implies the use of even more.PMID:37720342 | PMC:PMC10500094 | DOI:10.5001/omj.2023.83
Source: Oman Medical Journal - September 18, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Authors: Nenad Pandak Faryal Khamis Zakariya Al Balushi Shabnam Chhetri Adil Al Lawati Hend AbouElhamd Sirous Golchinheydari Ali Khan Sidrah Shatha Khalid Al Jahwari Samata Al Dowaiki Source Type: research
The necessity of proactive measures from healthcare providers highlighted by delayed breast cancer diagnosis due to COVID-19: A case report
Clin Case Rep. 2023 Sep 15;11(9):e7919. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7919. eCollection 2023 Sep.ABSTRACTKEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: During disasters, multiple factors can cause significant delays in medical visits. Regular patient monitoring, high-risk individual alerts, and telemedicine enhancements can potentially alleviate these issues and ensure timely interventions.ABSTRACT: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a Japanese woman in her 70s delayed her regular breast cancer checkup for over 2 years. During disasters, health priorities tend to decline, necessitating proactive measures from healthcare providers, such as augmenting collaboration ...
Source: Clinical Genitourinary Cancer - September 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Yudai Kaneda Akihiko Ozaki Mira Namba Toyoaki Sawano Masahiro Wada Hiroaki Saito Yoshiaki Kanemoto Tomohiro Kurokawa Masaharu Tsubokura Kazunoshin Tachibana Tetsuya Tanimoto Tohru Ohtake Tomozo Ejiri Hiroaki Shimmura Norio Kanzaki Source Type: research
Emergency department visits and hospital admissions for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning and self-harm among adolescents in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic
CMAJ. 2023 Sep 18;195(36):E1221-E1230. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220507.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic had profound effects on the mental wellbeing of adolescents. We sought to evaluate pandemic-related changes in health care use for suicidal ideation, self-poisoning and self-harm.METHODS: We obtained data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information on emergency department visits and hospital admissions from April 2015 to March 2022 among adolescents aged 10-18 years in Canada. We calculated the quarterly percentage of emergency department visits and hospital admissions for a composite outcome comprising suicidal...
Source: cmaj - September 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Naveen Poonai Stephen B Freedman Amanda S Newton Scott Sawyer Nathalie Gaucher Samina Ali Bruce Wright Michael R Miller Ahmed Mater Eleanor Fitzpatrick Mona Jabbour Roger Zemek Mohamed Eltorki Quynh Doan Pediatric Emergency Research Canada (PERC) Network Source Type: research
Self-harm among youth during the first 28 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study
We reported relative differences between observed and expected monthly rates overall and by age group (10-13 yr and 14-17 yr), sex and mental health service use (new and continuing).RESULTS: In this population of about 1.3 million children and adolescents, rates of acute care visits for self-harm during the pandemic were higher than expected for emergency department visits (0.27/1000 population v. 0.21/1000 population; adjusted rate ratio [RR] 1.29, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.19-1.39) and hospital admissions (0.74/10 000 population v. 0.43/10 000 population, adjusted RR 1.72, 95% CI 1.46-2.03). This increase was primar...
Source: cmaj - September 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Rachel H B Mitchell Alene Toulany Hannah Chung Eyal Cohen Longdi Fu Rachel Strauss Simone N Vigod Therese A Stukel Kimberly Moran Astrid Guttmann Paul Kurdyak Azmina Artani Monica Kopec Natasha R Saunders Source Type: research
Decoding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Using Multiple Regression Analysis with Socioeconomic Values
Proc Int Conf Adv Inf Netw Appl. 2023;655:649-659. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-28694-0_61. Epub 2023 Mar 15.ABSTRACTWith the growth and development of COVID-19 and its variants, reaching a level of herd immunity is critically important for national security in public health. To deal with COVID-19, the United States has implemented phased plans to distribute COVID-19 vaccines. As of November 2022, over 80% of Americans had received their first shot to guard against COVID-19, and 68.6% were considered fully vaccinated, according to the dataset provided by CDC. However, a significant number of American people still hesitate to rec...
Source: Adv Data - September 18, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Wei Lu Ling Xue Bria Shorten Source Type: research
A Neglected Narrative in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Epidemiological and Clinical Impacts of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Syphilis
Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2023 Sep 12;16:2485-2496. doi: 10.2147/CCID.S417522. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly changed our lives. While healthcare resources were redistributed and mobilized to focus on dealing with the COVID-19 crisis, there have been unmet medical needs of patients with other diseases such as syphilis, weaving an integral but neglected component of the pandemic story. In different countries, the epidemiology of newly reported syphilis underwent diverse changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Asymptomatic cases experienced the largest decline in number. From the perspective...
Source: Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology - September 18, 2023 Category: Dermatology Authors: Mingjuan Liu Jia Zhou Yining Lan Hanlin Zhang Mengyin Wu Xinyi Zhang Ling Leng Xia Mi Jun Li Source Type: research
