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The study assessed changes in PCP cognitive diagnoses, specialist referrals, and implementation metrics.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      TabCAT‐BHA was adopted by 95% of PCPs, who were more likely to diagnose cognitive disorders (adjusted odds ratio: 1.72, 95% confidence interval: 1.13–2.62,\n                      <jats:italic>p</jats:italic>\n                       = 0.01). Practice‐wide diagnosis rates remained elevated after research support ended. PCPs reported increased confidence, reduced stress in diagnosing dementia, and preferred TabCAT‐BHA over traditional assessments.\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>DISCUSSION</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>TabCAT‐BHA was well accepted and sustained, offering a scalable solution for cognitive impairment diagnosis in primary care.</jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Highlights</jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      <jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>A digital test paradigm increased cognitive impairment diagnoses in primary care.</jats:p>\n                        </jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Increased diagnoses across minority groups may mitigate healthcare disparities.</jats:p>\n                        </jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Clinicians preferred the digital cognitive assessment over alternative tests.</jats:p>\n                        </jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>The paradigm decreased clinician stress and increased confidence around diagnosis.</jats:p>\n                        </jats:list-item>\n                        <jats:list-item>\n                          <jats:p>Integration with clinic staff workflow yielded high adoption and sustainability.</jats:p>\n                        </jats:list-item>\n                      </jats:list>\n                    </jats:p>\n                  </jats:sec>","journal":"Alzheimer's &amp; Dementia","year":2025,"id":643442,"datarank":0.3453877639491069,"base_score":2.302585092994046,"endowment":2.302585092994046,"self_citation_contribution":0.3453877639491069,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.3453877639491069,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":9,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":911463,"name":"Alissa Bernstein Sideman","orcid":"0000-0002-4433-5748","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":429327,"name":"Collette Goode","orcid":null,"position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1674199,"name":"Laura Hill‐Sakurai","orcid":null,"position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1147426,"name":"Mukund Premkumar","orcid":null,"position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1469858,"name":"Aaron W. 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