Association of Homelessness and Unstable Housing With Cardiovascular Care Utilization Among Veterans.

Background: Veterans are disproportionately more likely to experience homelessness and unstable housing (HUH) compared with the general population. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among Veterans experiencing HUH. We aimed to understand whether HUH status among Veterans with preexisting cardiovascular disease was associated with disparities in cardiovascular care access and utilization.

Evaluating the impact of a national geriatric mental health ECHO educational program on healthcare providers' practice.

Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) enables healthcare providers to share knowledge and best practices via telementoring. The ECHO model builds provider capacity and improves care for patients with a variety of health conditions. This study describes a Canada-wide National ECHO pilot project in the area of geriatric mental health and reports on the program's impact on providers' care practices.

Cardiotoxicities of Non-Chemotherapeutic Metastatic Breast Cancer Treatments.

Purpose Of Review: Although mortality rates have declined significantly in recent years, breast cancer remains the second most common cause of cancer death in women, with rates significantly higher among women with metastatic disease. New therapeutic agents have improved the prognosis of patients with metastatic breast cancer but raise concerns around the risk of cardiovascular disease. This review aims to discuss the oncologic treatment of the different subtypes of breast cancer along with the cardiac complications associated with each therapy.

ECHO Care of the Elderly: Innovative Learning to Build Capacity in Long-term Care.

Background: Older adults are entering long-term care (LTC) homes with more complex care needs than in previous decades, resulting in demands on point-of-care staff to provide additional and specialty services. This study evaluated whether Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Care of the Elderly Long-Term Care (COE-LTC)-a case-based online education program-is an effective capacity-building program among interprofessional health-care teams caring for LTC residents.

Methods: A mixed-method, pre-and-post study comprised of satisfaction, knowledge, and self-efficacy surveys and exploration of experience via semi-structured interviews.