Publications by authors named "Khushali Roy"

A timely response to patient-initiated telephone calls can affect many aspects of patient health, including quality of care and health equity. Historically, at a family medicine residency clinic, at least 1 out of 4 patient calls remained unresolved three days after the call was placed. We sought to explore whether there were differential delays in resolution of patient concerns for certain groups and how these were affected by quality improvement interventions to increase responsiveness to patient calls.

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is an increasing threat to public health due to its multi-drug resistance and increasing prevalence. The pathogen most commonly causes chronic respiratory infections, but it may also invade locally through the skin and soft tissue damage caused by trauma, piercings, or tattoos. A 58-year-old African American female presented with a five-month history of recurrent abscesses in the right breast.

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The profound public health impact of the novel outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in 2019 has been unparalleled in the last century. Rapid spread of the disease and a high death toll fueled the development and global rollout of effective vaccines regardless of the massive inequitable access. However, some public health measures intended to control COVID-19 have had collateral effects on the control of other infectious diseases.

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