The impact of just asking

Kavita Bernstein 3/7/179:18 AM

Anybody read today's article "How we Integrated ACE screening into the Health Appraisal Center at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego?"? This one paragraph blew my mind!

"an outside data-mining firm tested the incorporation of this medical questionnaire with its trauma-oriented questions into the comprehensive medical evaluation of 125,000 adult patients over a two-year period. To our surprise, they demonstrated this single change coincided, during the year subsequent to evaluation, with a 35% drop in doctor office visits and an 11% decrease in emergency room visits."

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Andi FetznerMember

I found it so powerful when Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris talked about asking the ACEs questions being perceived as "invasive" and referring back to doing a prostate exam. "THAT" she said, "is invasive!" Aces are not just a topic for psychologists and social workers. The science shows that this is a health concern! Thank you for starting the conversation. You're absolutely right.

See more here: https://www.ted.com/talks/nadi...th_across_a_lifetime

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