An Examination of Public Knowledge of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.

Introduction: Almost three million traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are reported in the US annually. Concussions, also known as mild TBIs (mTBIs), are the most common and account for approximately 90% of TBIs annually. Research indicates confusion regarding the (1) symptoms, (2) mechanisms of injury, and (3) treatment and recovery associated with mTBI.

COVID-19's Effect on Practice Quality Improvement and Transformation Activities: Practice Survey Results.

Background And Objectives: The Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative (TCPI) was a 4-year, large-scale, collaborative, peer-based learning initiative for physician practices of all specialties with broad goals to improve the quality of patient care, spend health care dollars more wisely, and assist practices in being ready to succeed under value-based payment (VBP). We investigated whether the COVID-19 pandemic had erased or diminished practice transformation progress made during the TCPI program period, through a follow-up survey of participating practices fielded in October 2021.

Methods: In October 2021 to April 2022, we surveyed a probability sample of 2207 primary care and specialty practices that participated in the TCPI, receiving 610 responses.

Practice Transformation in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative and Emergency Department Use.

To provide insight on how ambulatory care practices can reduce emergency department (ED) visits, we studied changes in Medicare ED visits for primary and specialty care practices in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative. We compared practices that transformed more vs less during the 6-year period ending in 2021 (3,773 practices). Using data from a practice transformation assessment tool completed at multiple intervals, we found improvement in the transformation score was associated with reduced ED visits by 6% and 4% for primary and specialty care practices, respectively, 3 to 4 years after first assessment.

Public Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Knowledge: Sources, Accuracy and Confidence.

The goal of this study was to examine the general public's level of accuracy and confidence in knowledge of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), as well as information sources. This study also explored how these factors affected comfort in allowing children to play a high-contact sport. This study utilized online surveys and included 529 participants.