The effect of parental diabetes prevention program participation on weight loss in dependent children: a prospective cohort study.

Introduction: Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in children and adolescents in the United States. Children's behaviors are strongly influenced by parental behaviors, and weight loss in parents is positively associated with weight changes in their overweight/obese children. Research is limited on how parents' National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) participation affects the health outcomes of their dependent children.

Evaluating the pediatric mental health care continuum at an American health system.

Objective: To describe trends in the pediatric mental health care continuum and identify potential gaps in care coordination.

Methods: We used electronic medical record data from October 2016 to September 2019 to characterize the prevalence of mental health issues in the pediatric population at a large American health system. This was a single institution case study.

Standard nurse phone triage versus tele-emergency care pilot on Veteran use of in-person acute care: An instrumental variable analysis.

Objectives: Use of acute care telemedicine is growing, but data on quality, utilization, and cost are limited. We evaluated a Veterans Affairs (VA) tele-emergency care (tele-EC) pilot aimed at reducing reliance on out-of-network (OON) emergency department (ED) care, a growing portion of VA spending. With this service, an emergency physician virtually evaluated selected Veterans calling a nurse triage line.