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Describing Differences Across Place and Provider in Canadian Team-Based Care Settings Using Electronic Health Records [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Community Health Centres (CHCs) provide TBC for both urban and rural populations with barriers to care in Ontario, Canada, and they share a common electronic health record (EHR) system that records codes assigned by providers during an encounter. This dataset comes from 59 CHCs across Ontario, Canada.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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Oregon-based medical group Northwest Permanente announces affiliation with The Permanente Medical Group of Northern California

Permanente Medicine

The affiliation between NWP and TPMG strengthens the commitment to high-value, quality-driven care for their patients and communities. Through this affiliation, we will bring cutting-edge IT, virtual care capabilities, and more than 100 specialties and subspecialties to benefit the patients and communities of Oregon and southwest Washington.”

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The Most Engaging Decision You’ll Read All Year – Five Stars

FDA Law Blog

This story goes back to the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which prohibits manufacturers from selling any “new tobacco product” without authorization from FDA. But administrative law does not turn on such infinitesimal possibilities.”

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Measles, vaccine hesitancy, and the ACIP

Common Sense Family Doctor

In a 2024 American Family Physician editorial , Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt reviewed best practices for diagnosis and prevention of measles. For comparison, there were 285 cases of measles in the United States in 2024, and there have already been more reported cases than in all but two years since 2000. since last week.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

We’ve invited two death doulas, Jane Euler and John Loughnane (who is also a family doc and palliative care physician), to talk about the role of a doula at the end of life. And then second, I was someone who was a Parrot Head for years and years and it was just amazing how the community came together. How do you see the light?

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Is Hospice Losing Its Way: A Podcast with Ira Byock and Joseph Shega

GeriPal

2021 Association of Hospice Profit Status With Family Caregivers’ Reported Care Experiences. I’m very proud of the work that we do every day and we take care of patients and families no matter where they live or who they are to help them meet their end of life goals. JAMA Health Forum. Eric: Great. Now it’s 70%.

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