#Deprescribing is a hot topic, including efforts to reduce the overuse of PPI drugs for GI complaints.

Our members & colleagues just published findings from one of the largest deprescribing studies to date - revealing some surprises: ihpi.umich.edu/news/drive-dep… VA CCMR UMichGIHep-Fellowship

NEW in The BMJ from a team at VA CCMR led by Jacob E. Kurlander:

The results of a major #deprescribing effort for PPIs shows the promise & pitfalls of automatic refill & renewal changes, but also suggests the drugs' purported harms may be overblown: ihpi.umich.edu/news/drive-dep…

Our recent work found that telehealth for AUD tx supported a greater number of psychotherapy visits + longer duration of medication tx in VHA patients. doi.org/10.1111/acer.1… VA CCMR Michigan Hepatology U-M IHPI Seattle-Denver COIN Alcohol Research #livertwitter

What Happens Next? Maintenance of Gains After Discharge from VA Residential PTSD Treatment: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease journals.lww.com/jonmd/abstract… Peter Grau, Ph.D. Ilan Harpaz-Rotem

New work from MiCDA U-M ISR affiliates Lianlian Lei, Helen Levy, Geoffrey Hoffman, Donovan Maust (@dtmaust.bsky.social)

The Importance of Autonomy and Performance Goals in Perceived Workload Among Behavioral Health Providers | Psychiatric Services ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.117… Kara Zivin

Trauma Care | Free Full-Text | Quality of Life in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Role of Posttraumatic Anhedonia and Depressive Symptoms in a Treatment-Seeking Community Sample ⁦Peter Grau, Ph.D.⁩ mdpi.com/2673-866X/4/1/8

NEW: Today in JAMA Internal Medicine, my colleagues Deena Kelly Costa PhD RN FAAN Tom Valley & I argue for urgent collaboration to address nurse vacancy concerns. Docs & nurses need to work together on improving work conditions to **retain existing nurses.** Read here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

So proud of the work Elizabeth Viglianti does to shine a light on the uncomfortable truths still plaguing our training spaces. 'sexual and gender-based discriminatory behavior remains ingrained in the culture of medicine' 👇JAMA Health Forum

Trends in Sexual Harassment Prevalence and…

.CMSGov has confirmed that Medicare and Medicaid will now cover a GLP-1 drug for cardiovascular disease prevention - and NBC News Health cited our poll of older adults' attitudes toward such drugs in their story: nbcnews.com/health/health-…

Lauren Oshman MD MPH Jeff Kullgren Preeti Malani

Excited about this work and our 4/3 briefing on perinatal mental health - please read and join us! healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/he2… Michigan Medicine PWHER U-M IHPI Karen Tabb Dina, PhD Xiaosong Zhang Anca Tilea Ashlee J. Vance vanessa dalton Stephanie Hall, PhD, MPH

Patients infected with #covid19 had SIMILAR SELF-REPORTED FUNCTIONING level 18 months after infection as matched uninfected comparators.

👍Good news for patients 👍
➡️Contrasts with studies suggesting pervasive, persistent negative COVID effects for yrs after infection.…

New research uncovers a link between spiritual well-being and job satisfaction among infection preventionists in Thailand. Discover how spirituality influences career satisfaction in healthcare.

#InfectionControl #Spirituality #JobSatisfaction
Read more: doi.org/10.1017/ash.20…

In this paper, we found that Medicare Advantage enrollment decisions of partners are highly correlated, with an association that dwarfs any other beneficiary or plan characteristics. Donovan Maust (@dtmaust.bsky.social) Claire Ankuda Ernani Hoffman Geoffrey Hoffman U-M IHPI Michigan Medicine

U-M researchers were awarded a $500K, two-year grant from American Heart Association for a project focused on predicting hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a serious heart condition where the heart muscle becomes thickened. myumi.ch/dAMWR