Progression of Crohn's Disease in Newly Diagnosed Patients: Results from an Observational Study Using US Claims Data.

Background: Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) experience disease progression over time, including strictures/stenoses, penetrating fistulae, and abscesses.

Aims: This retrospective US population-based study aimed to characterize CD progression in newly diagnosed patients.

Methods: Patient-level data from the Optum Market Clarity database from January 1, 2016, to June 30, 2020, were used.

Landscape of Pregnancy Care in US Community Health Centers.

Purpose: Community health centers (CHCs) provide critical health care access for people who experience high risks during and after pregnancy, however it is unclear to what extent they provide prenatal care. This study seeks to describe clinic and patient characteristics associated with longitudinal prenatal care delivery in CHC settings.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health record (EHR) data from the Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE) between 2018 to 2019 to describe prenatal care provision among CHCs ( = 408), and pregnant CHC patients ( = 28,578) and compared characteristics of patients who received longitudinal prenatal care at CHCs versus those who did not.

Cross-continental collaboration for understanding postpartum major depression with psychotic features.

Purpose: Assess postpartum depression and psychotic symptoms from three continents.

Methods: Compare numbers of women with depression and psychotic symptoms, mania with or without psychotic features, or transient non-affective psychosis and medication choice.

Results: The prevalence of postpartum depression and psychosis and treatment choice differed at each site.

Understanding and preference toward DOs and OMT before and after an osteopathic principles and practice fellow lecture series.

Context: One of the two major pathways to become a physician in the United States is the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree. A major distinctive feature is often perceived as the addition of manual training in osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) in the DO education. However, the profession also has a distinct philosophy imbedded in the curriculum of all osteopathic medical schools.