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Three University of Chicago Studies of the Patient Centered Medical Home Are Featured in Medical Care
The journal Medical Care recently announced a special supplement issue focused on the Safety Net Medical Home Initiative (SNMHI), a five year effort to transform safety net primary care providers in five states into high functioning patient centered medical homes...
Type 2 Diabetes Remission is Rare, But Not Impossible-Science Life Article
An article posted on Monday, October 13, in Science Life comments on recent research that has shown that type 2 diabetes may be effectively cured through bariatric surgery. In this article, Dr. Huang discusses the unwillingness of doctors to add or change medications...
Chronic Disease Center Seeking Physician-Scientist; Focus on Health Outcomes Research
The Department of Medicine's Section of General Internal Medicine and Center for Translational and Policy Research of Chronic Diseases at The University of Chicago is seeking a physician scientist with a focus on health outcomes research for appointment as Assistant...