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Primary care follow-up after Emergency Department discharge for patients with chest pain in Ontario: a scoping review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Most patients are safely discharged after ED work-up rules out life-threatening causes. According to clinical guidelines, patients discharged with chest pain should follow-up with a medical doctor (MD) within 72 hours. Search concepts used were ED, patient discharge, primary care, follow up, Canada, and Ontario.

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics. So the data relating to the number of geriatricians in this country, salaries in comparison to hospitalists or primary care physicians.