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Engaging Veterans With Serious Mental Illness in Primary Care
VA facilities with high levels of primary care engagement among veterans with serious mental illness used extensive engagement strategies,...
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Serious Choices: A Systematic Environmental Scan of Decision Aids and Their Use for Seriously Ill People Near Death
1 The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice Lebanon, New Hampshire;2Jacobs...
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Association of Weekend Admission and Weekend Discharge with Length of Stay and 30-Day Readmission in Children’s Hospitals
1Children’s Mercy Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri; 2Children’s Hospital Association, Lenexa, Kansas...
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Treatment and Management of Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
The following is a lightly edited manuscript of a teleconference discussion on treating patients with non -small cell lung cancer in the VHA.
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Improving Veteran Access to Treatment for Hepatitis C Virus Infection
Addressing social issues and treatment barriers significantly increases access to HCV care, and many veterans successfully start therapy with the...
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Journal of Hospital Medicine – Dec. 2017
Read the latest research from the Journal of Hospital Medicine, the premier publication for dissemination of research and education for the...
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Multiple Myeloma: Updates on Diagnosis and Management
Two- and 3-drug treatment regimens and autologous stem cell transplants provide opportunities for longer term disease remission, though most...
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The Burden of COPD
Patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease typically experience acute exacerbations and...
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Nontraumatic Splenic Rupture
A 25-year-old man presented for evaluation of lightheadedness as well as pain in his left shoulder, epigastric region, and right...
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Historical Patterns and Variation in Treatment of Injuries in NFL (National Football League) Players and NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I Football Players
Among National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) team physicians, there is no consensus on the management...
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Exertional Heat Stroke and American Football: What the Team Physician Needs to Know
Jillian E. Sylvester, MD, Luke N. Belval, MS, ATC, CSCS, Douglas J. Casa, PhD, ATC, FNATA, FACSM, and Francis G. O’Connor, MD, MPHFootball, one of...