New Funding: The impact of hearing loss on hospital readmissions
Funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation will enable further research on the connection between untreated hearing loss and rehospitalization
Funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation will enable further research on the connection between untreated hearing loss and rehospitalization
Using Medicare HMO claims data , Mahmoudi and her team tracked 115,000 older adults with hearing loss for three years post diagnosis, finding an association between use of hearing aids and reduced risk of physical and mental decline in older adults.
"A rigorous, evidence-based curriculum based on US standards but adapted to the cultural, economic, educational and social norms of Ghana."
Improving health care coordination and theory; 'These companion papers seek to make theory more accessible and practical....demonstrating how theory can be applied to specific cases'
Patient/provider interaction not impeded by use of scribes, which also helps lessen burden on physicians
The initial podcast features an interview with Dr. Nichole Taylor , Assistant Dean of Student Affairs with the Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is living with multiple sclerosis and addresses that and the experience of interacting with her students.
Among the key points noted in this survey is the need for healthcare providers to not only discuss confidentiality, but to build trust with young patients to provide a basis for open communication.
Meet the inaugural cohort of MDisability Program summer interns. They are current undergraduates and recent graduates interested in disability research and advocacy in medicine.
The Annual Research Meeting of Academy Health (#ARM19) brings together over 3,000 stakeholders in health services and health policy research. This year, U-M faculty have authored ten presentations and lead the Disability Research Interest Group pre-conference session.
The May 2019 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) The Promise of Adolescence: Realizing Opportunity for All Youth draws on work from Tammy Chang and her adolescent
The Board of Regents on May 16, 2019, approved recommendations for new appointments and promotions for regular associate and full professor ranks, and clinical or research faculty on the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses.
The May 2019 issue of the journal is devoted to research methods in primary care research, with contributions from ten U-M Family Medicine faculty and staff.
The award recognizes one scholar who "through the course of his or her career, has contributed in a major, outstanding manner to the development of family medicine research."
The Society for Teacher of Family Medicine (STFM) presented Michael Fetters with the 2019 Gabriel Smilkstein Award for outstanding contributions to the growth and development of family medicine education throughout the world.
The Department is pleased to announce the incoming group of residents.
Leading the trial, Dr. Diane Harper spoke to The Lancet. "This is the first time that we have seen such a high level of HPV and grade 2–3 CIN clearance with a therapeutic vaccine.”
In a new clinical trial, the Tipapkinogen Sovacivec (TS) vaccine completely clears HPV in one-third of cervical precancers.
A recent Wall Street Journal Article draws on work from a team of researchers in U-M Family Medicine