Background— Heart failure (HF) guidelines recommend screening for cognitive impairment (CI)
but do not identify how. The Mini-Cog is an ultrashort cognitive “vital signs” measure that …

In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Buffalo, New York, 1 acutely ill patients have been sent
out of the emergency department for hospital-like care at home. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, …

PURPOSE: To assess the relative political influence of different organizations, we examined
the efforts of health care organizations to influence policy decisions by lobbying lawmakers. …

It is unknown whether echocardiographic morphologic and hemodynamic parameters have
incremental value in predicting 30-day heart failure (HF)-specific readmission risk among …

Methods Methods We analyzed aggregated fee-for-service Medicare physician/supplier data
from 1998-2004, including all years for which free-of-charge public use files are available. …

Background Physicians are uniquely qualified to educate legislators about health care issues,
but little is known about how physicians lobby members of Congress. Methods From the …

Objective: House calls (HCs) to older adults seemed to be headed for extinction in recent
decades. HCs may be a tool to ensure access and reduce institutionalization of the elderly …

Background Patient-facing health care workers (HCW) experience higher rates of COVID-19
infection, particularly at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, rates of COVID-19 …

… Services, 6801 Brecksville Rd, Independence, OH 44131 (landers@ccf.org). Financial
Disclosures: Dr Landers is a salaried medical director for Cleveland Clinic Home Health Agency. …

This essay is about my transition from family medicine residency into house call/home-based
primary care practice. Though some aspects of making home visits have been difficult and …