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Using EMR data to describe administrative workload of primary care providers in Nova Scotia, Canada [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. This study aims to analyze electronic medical record (EMR) data to understand these workload dynamics. 0.9SD) encounters per patient since 2007.

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

Alex: Today, we are delighted to welcome Joel Weissman, who is a health services researcher and deputy director and chief science officer for surgery at the Center for Surgery and Public Health at Harvard Medical School. I look at advance care planning the way I look at cultural competency or patient safety or coordination of care.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

Corita 09:39 Yeah, so we used the electronic health record, I think, in support. And so we did a similar intervention but using electronic means. Do they have documents in the record like medical orders for life sustaining treatment or a healthcare proxy? No difference in their primary outcome. What does that mean?