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View article: Using Natural Language Processing to Extract Abnormal Results From Cancer Screening Reports
Using Natural Language Processing to Extract Abnormal Results From Cancer Screening Reports Open
OBJECTIVES: Numerous studies show that follow-up of abnormal cancer screening results, such as mammography and Papanicolaou (Pap) smears, is frequently not performed in a timely manner. A contributing factor is that abnormal results may go…
View article: Overwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians.
Overwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians. Open
AJ was a 34-year-old African American male who was incarcerated for eight years for drug-related convictions. He suffered from diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney failure, depression, and substance use disorder. Upon release from prison…
View article: Ten-Year Outcomes: Community Health Center/Academic Medicine Partnership for Rural Family Medicine Training
Ten-Year Outcomes: Community Health Center/Academic Medicine Partnership for Rural Family Medicine Training Open
Background and Objectives: The widening gap between urban and rural health outcomes is exacerbated by physician shortages that disproportionately affect rural communities. Rural residencies are an effective mechanism to increase physician …
View article: 2078. Barriers and Facilitators to the HIV (PrEP) Care Continuum: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals.
2078. Barriers and Facilitators to the HIV (PrEP) Care Continuum: Perspectives of Key Stakeholders and Formerly Incarcerated Individuals. Open
Background Recently incarcerated individuals are at increased risk for HIV acquisition during community re-entry but have poor access to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). There is an opportunity to integrate PrEP into an existing Former…
View article: We Must Do Better: Addressing High Mortality After Release from Incarceration
We Must Do Better: Addressing High Mortality After Release from Incarceration Open
People who are incarcerated have high rates of mental illness, substance use disorder, suicide attempts, and chronic medical conditions. Mortality rates are also significantly elevated following release. Additional work needs to be done to…
View article: The Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN-PATHS): A hybrid type-1 effectiveness trial of enhanced primary care to improve opioid use disorder treatment outcomes following release from jail
The Transitions Clinic Network: Post Incarceration Addiction Treatment, Healthcare, and Social Support (TCN-PATHS): A hybrid type-1 effectiveness trial of enhanced primary care to improve opioid use disorder treatment outcomes following release from jail Open
View article: Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions Among Adults Released From the North Carolina Prison System, 2015-2016
Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions Among Adults Released From the North Carolina Prison System, 2015-2016 Open
BACKGROUND In the United States each year nearly 570,000 people return from state prisons to the community. Prevalence data of chronic health problems for this population are lacking, impeding planning of health care programs to ser…
View article: Spotlight on the Safety Net
Spotlight on the Safety Net Open
In 2018, 25,888 people were released from state prisons in North Carolina [[1][1]]. Likely one-third of these individuals have chronic medical conditions which require close medical follow-up. With the exception of a small number of people…
View article: Overwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians
Overwhelming Need, Insufficient Health Care for Justice-involved North Carolinians Open
AJ was a 34-year-old African American male who was incarcerated for eight years for drug-related convictions. He suffered from diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney failure, depression, and substance use disorder. Upon release from pri…
View article: Medication documentation in a primary care network serving North Carolina medicaid patients: results of a cross-sectional chart review
Medication documentation in a primary care network serving North Carolina medicaid patients: results of a cross-sectional chart review Open
Background Medical records that do not accurately reflect the patient’s current medication list are an open invitation to errors and may compromise patient safety. Methods This cross-sectional study compares primary care provider (PCP) med…
View article: Length of patient-physician relationship and patients' satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: a cross-sectional telephone study
Length of patient-physician relationship and patients' satisfaction and preventive service use in the rural south: a cross-sectional telephone study Open
Background Physicians and patients highly value continuity in health care. Continuity can be measured in several ways but few studies have examined the specific association between the duration of the patient-doctor relationship and patien…