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Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. They have remained independent and committed to caring for patients as a small practice, all the while introducing new ideas and setting new standards in Michigan’s Great Southwest.

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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. Outcome measures: Average number of prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests per encounters among primary care providers in Nova Scotia from 2007 to 2022.

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My 15-Year Journey With Lithium Disilicate

CDOCS

png]<br /> <em><span style="font-size:11px;">​Figure& 1:& <span data-contrast="auto" xml:lang="EN-US">A life-long bruxer, this patient presented with lost teeth in the posterior and compensatory eruption of lower anterior teeth.</span>&

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Biased research, aggressive sales, harmful drugs

The Health Policy Exchange

Image courtesy of scienceblogs.com The original impetus for the development of the anemia drugs Epogen, Procrit, and Aranesp, which mimic the actions of the hormone erythropoietin, was to spare dialysis patients with severe anemia the inconvenience and risks associated with periodic blood transfusions. Could the FDA and other U.S.

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Palliative Care Pioneer: Susan Block

GeriPal

We talk with Susan about how far the field has come, from early days when the attending physician would decide which patients were DNR and place a black “no code” dot in the chart. Myself personally, I was in PCEP at Harvard, I think like 2007 or something with Rachelle Bernacki and a bunch of other great people. Susan: Beautiful.

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EMS Intervention to Reduce Falls: Carmen Quatman and Katie Quatman-Yates

GeriPal

The insight started when Carmen, an orthopedic surgeon-researcher, and Katie, a physical therapist- researcher participated in ride-alongs with EMS providers to patient’s homes. Going into patient’s homes was eye opening. Eric: Well, what are the odds that two family members focus on a similar topic and do research together?

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

You have a patient with dementia severe enough that she cannot recognize relatives. A huge part of this decision rests on (1) her previously stated wishes, values, and goals (prior to the onset of dementia); and (2) the outcomes of surgery for patients with dementia. Summary Transcript Summary. She falls and breaks her hip.