Aim: To comply with the 2012 CDC recommendations for hepatitis C virus (HCV) screening, we implemented a new HCV screening program for patients born between 1945 and 1965 at a South Texas safety-net hospital. Objectives: Mixed-methods retrospective analysis. Connect for a telemedicine consultation today and discover a seamless health care experience from the comfort of your own home. Objectives: Turner Medical Arts approaches sexual health, anti aging, and plastic surgery with an ideal balance of science-backed knowledge and warmth. As the very first plastic surgeon to specialize in aesthetic surgery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Dr. Guiffrida's skill is matched only by his commitment to his patients. Subjects with diabetes filled one or more prescriptions for Schedule II/III opioids for noncancer pain in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas from 2008 through 2012. The Chronic Care Model (CCM) has been endorsed by experts to reduce disparities in chronic disease outcomes but benefits may be slow to appear in low-income populations. (502) Long term, high dose opioids in veterans with chronic pain: are there benefits or just burdens? Systematic review and meta-analysis. While it is acknowledged that control of blood pressure (BP) in primary care is of major importance in reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases, control is suboptimal in most populations. We examined the cost-effectiveness of an intervention to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD) risk and blood pressure in African Americans. This study was conducted to characterize the effectiveness of DAAs in a socioeconomically disadvantaged and underinsured patient cohort. Design. Methods: Outcomes Associated with Opioid Use in the Treatment of Chronic Noncancer Pain in Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Characteristics of Older Adults Receiving Opioids in Primary Care: Treatment Duration and Outcomes. Objective: Recently, Dr. Turner has been principal investigator (PI) on four federal- and state-funded projects to implement HCV screening and management in diverse primary care practices. To synthesize studies of the association of treatment agreements and urine drug testing with opioid misuse outcomes in outpatients with chronic noncancer pain. ENROLLING PATIENTS FOR A BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT TRIAL TO REDUCE CARDIOVASCULAR RISK: DO PARTICIPANTS AND DECLINERS DIFFER? Qualitative study using the Grounded Theory approach. Barbara Turner, MD, MSEd, MA, MACP's Bio. Objective: Prescription opioid misuse is a rising epidemic in the U.S., and people living with HIV are at increased risk. Materials & methods: Previous work by Turner et al found that the presence of related comorbidities increased the likelihood of a patient's physician addressing hypertension, wh... Background: Hypertension (HTN) control may be highly dependent on patient behaviors, including filling of antihypertensive medication prescriptions (AHM Rxs). Our respected obstetrician gynecologist, Dr. Duncan Turner, understands the difficulty these issues can bring and is here to offer his expertise to you. Stochastic cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a clinical trial, augmented by a Markov model of lifetime cost-effectiveness. Delayed evaluation after a clearly abnormal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) result may contribute to more advanced prostate cancer at diagnosis in black men. We report the prevalence and predictors of HCV infection and advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis based on FIB-4 plus imaging for a baby boomer coho... To examine associations of opioid analgesic dose with quality of care for diabetes mellitus. The purpose of this study was to examine interactions of filled prescriptions for opioids, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, and zolpidem with mental health disorders in regard to drug ove... Current research on the risk of opioid analgesics with drug overdose does not account for the total morphine equivalent dose (MED) of opioids filled by a patient. To examine the association of OA dose measures with future all-cause hospitalization. Explant surgery with breast lift and fat transfer, body sculpting, and Brazilian butt lift are just some of what he offers here at Turner Medical Arts in Santa Barbara. Achieving practice change can be challenging when guidelines shift from a selective risk‐based strategy to a broader population health strategy, as occurred for hepatitis C (HCV) screening (2012‐2013).