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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · May 7
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🎉 Just published in @plosone.org ! A randomized clinical trial shows immersive virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety during childhood vaccinations in primary care in Central Catalonia.
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Use of virtual reality in the reduction of pain after the administration of vaccines among children in primary care centers in Central Catalonia: Randomized clinical trial
Background Pain and anxiety caused by vaccination and other medical procedures in childhood can generate discomfort in both the patient and their parents. Virtual reality is a non-pharmacological dist...
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 16h
Cost-Effectiveness of HPV Self-Testing Options for Cervical Cancer Screening jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cost-Effectiveness of HPV Self-Testing Options for Cervical Cancer Screening
This economic evaluation examines the cost-effectiveness of mailed human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling kits among members of a US health care system with adherent, overdue, or unknown screening…
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 1d
ics.gencat.cat/ca/Ciutadani...
Distinció per a la ‘Guia de determinants socials de la salut’, impulsada per professionals de l’ICS Catalunya Central, als Premis Barea
La infermera Berta Rodoreda, del CAP Santpedor, va rebre un accèssit dels Premis Barea aquest divendres al Congrés dels Diputats
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 1d
Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Individuals Born Preterm jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Long-Term Educational Outcomes of Individuals Born Preterm
This case-control study of all births in a Canadian province examines the association of preterm birth with educational outcomes.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 2d
Elevating Service in Academic Medicine—The S-Index jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Elevating Service in Academic Medicine—The S-Index
This Viewpoint proposes the development and adoption of a service index (s-index), a standardized, quantitative measure of service contribution in academic medicine.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 4d
Check out this fascinating article www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e66584
Validation of an Infarction Code Care Checklist and Determination of its Relationship With Other Patient Safety Indicators: Protocol for a Prospective Study
Background: In the care of time-dependent illnesses, facilitating care and systematizing actions with a checklist provides security to health professionals and reduces errors, thereby increasing…
www.researchprotocols.org
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 4d
Superficial Vein Thrombosis: A Review jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Superficial Vein Thrombosis: A Review
This review discusses superficial vein thrombosis, including pathophysiology, risk factors, epidemiology, and diagnostic testing.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 4d
Ambient AI Scribes to Reduce Administrative Burden and Professional Burnout jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Ambient AI Scribes to Reduce Administrative Burden and Professional Burnout
This quality improvement study examines whether ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribes are associated with reductions in clinician administrative burden and burnout.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 5d
Ultraprocessed Foods and Health jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Ultraprocessed Foods and Health
This Medical News article discusses a new American Heart Association science advisory on ultraprocessed foods, cardiometabolic health, and policy recommendations for improving dietary patterns.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 5d
🎉 Avui Berta Rodoreda (#icscatcentral) ha rebut un accèssit a la 23ª edición de los Premios Anuales de Gestión Sanitaria José Barea, en col·laboració amb la Fundación Signo, al Congreso de los Diputados. 🏛️👏
El reconeixement és pel projecte de codificació dels determinants de salut. 🌍📊
Enhorabona! 👏🎊
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 5d
📢 Presentem el projecte Consultoris Locals del Futur a les IX Jornadas de Medicina Rural de la @semfyc.bsky.social (Morella, 3-4 octubre 2025).
Un model que transforma l’atenció primària rural amb tecnologia i innovació 🌍💡

#Rural25 #icscatcentral #usrcatcentral @peppomar.bsky.social
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 6d
Implicit Gender Bias and the Use of Cardiovascular Tests Among Cardiologists | Journal of the American Heart Association www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/...
Implicit Gender Bias and the Use of Cardiovascular Tests Among Cardiologists | Journal of the American Heart Association
BackgroundPhysicians' gender bias may contribute to gender disparities in cardiovascular testing. We used the Implicit Association Test to examine the association of implicit gender biases with decisi...
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 6d
jogh.org/2024/jogh-14...
Impacts of COVID-19 on clinical indicators and mortality in patients with chronic conditions in Catalonia, Spain: A retrospective population-based cohort study — JOGH
Since the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected over 762 million people worldwide, causing almost 7 million deaths [1]. People with cardiovascular and…
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 7d
Patient characteristics, serious disease diagnoses, and incidental findings in individuals with non-specific symptoms referred to the Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Pathway: a prospective cohort study in England - The Lancet Primary Care www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Patient characteristics, serious disease diagnoses, and incidental findings in individuals with non-specific symptoms referred to the Suspected CANcer (SCAN) Pathway: a prospective cohort study in Eng...
CT-led non-specific symptom pathways can identify a relatively high proportion of patients with cancers that are harder to diagnose, but also a similar proportion of patients with an incidental findin...
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 7d
Report, ‘Social inequalities in health in the EU’
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Social inequalities in health in the EU - EuroHealthNet
EuroHealthNet-CHAIN report Social inequalities in health in the EU Are countries closing the health gap? Read summary report Read technical report […]
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 8d
Avui he tingut l’honor de presidir el tribunal de tesi doctoral d’Agnès Huguet Feixa, pediatra d’atenció primària 👩‍⚕️👶.

📖 Vacil·lació a la vacunació en la població i anàlisi dels missatges antivacunes a les xarxes socials

Una recerca amb aplicació directa a la pràctica assistencial.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 8d
Telestroke and Timely Treatment and Outcomes for Acute Ischemic Stroke jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Telestroke and Timely Treatment and Outcomes for Acute Ischemic Stroke
This cohort study evaluates the association of telestroke use with time to treatment and outcomes among patients with acute ischemic stroke in Michigan.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 9d
Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response
Updated COVID-19 Vaccine Generates Strong Immune Response
Topline data indicate that the 2025-2026 LP.8.1-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine, marketed as Comirnaty, elicits a robust immune response.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 10d
Mental Health and Substance Use in the US jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Mental Health and Substance Use in the US
This Medical News article discusses the latest Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data on the connections between substance use and mental health in the US.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 11d
📢 Nou protocol publicat a JMIR Research Protocols.

L’estudi, liderat des de la Gerència d’Atenció Primària i Comunitària #icscatcentral, validarà la checklist de Codi Infart i la seva relació amb indicadors de seguretat del pacient.

🔗 www.researchprotocols.org/2025/1/e66584

#usrcatcentral
Validation of an Infarction Code Care Checklist and Determination of its Relationship With Other Patient Safety Indicators: Protocol for a Prospective Study
Background: In the care of time-dependent illnesses, facilitating care and systematizing actions with a checklist provides security to health professionals and reduces errors, thereby increasing…
www.researchprotocols.org
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 12d
New study from @primariaicscat and @IDIAPJGol published in Vaccine: CONFIVAC, a brief training for paediatric nurses & doctors, boosts confidence and skills to address vaccine hesitancy 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️💉
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#icscatcentral #usrcatcentral
Effectiveness of CONFIVAC, an intervention to enhance paediatric nurses and paediatricians skills to promote vaccination: A mixed-methods cluster randomized trial
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) poses a significant challenge to achieving optimal vaccination coverages worldwide. Paediatric healthcare workers (PHCWs) are f…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 12d
📈 Resultats: més ús de la comunicació presumptiva, més anticipació de dosis futures i més seguretat per gestionar la reticència vacunal.
#vacunacio #aprimaria 3/3
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 12d
L’assaig clínic amb 142 professionals de Barcelona i la Catalunya Central mostra que CONFIVAC millora la comunicació i la confiança en la consulta pediàtrica davant famílies amb dubtes de vacunació. 2/3
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 12d
Nou estudi de @primariaicscat #icscatcentral @IDIAPJGol
#usrcatcentral publicat a Vaccine: el programa CONFIVAC forma pediatres i infermeres per afrontar la reticència vacunal 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️💉

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Effectiveness of CONFIVAC, an intervention to enhance paediatric nurses and paediatricians skills to promote vaccination: A mixed-methods cluster randomized trial
Vaccine hesitancy (VH) poses a significant challenge to achieving optimal vaccination coverages worldwide. Paediatric healthcare workers (PHCWs) are f…
sciencedirect.com
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 12d
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita and Suicide jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Alcohol Consumption Per Capita and Suicide
This meta-analysis examines whether there is an association between alcohol consumption per capita and the suicide rate and, if so, whether this association varies by sex.
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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · 13d
Screening and Risk Algorithms for Detecting Pediatric Suicide Risk in the ED jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Screening and Risk Algorithms for Detecting Pediatric Suicide Risk in the ED
This cohort study compares the utility of a suicide risk algorithm derived from patients’ historical clinical records with the performance of universal suicide risk screening in identifying risk for…
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