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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

In both cases, TBC can help by providing a collaborative approach to care that can better manage the complex needs of patients. The system is used by different provider types to document needs and care in both urban and rural settings. Analysis We apply topic modeling to the codes recorded for clients.

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Understanding the care for older people in rural China: The role of primary care providers as "the third sphere" [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

To address this crisis, China has launched the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) program in 2009, which includes several elderly care initiatives. Context: The unprecedented trend in population aging has provoked global care crises for older adults.

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

Common Sense Family Doctor

In 2000, American Family Physician published an AAFP position paper (an updated version currently resides on the AAFP website) emphasizing that “colonoscopy can be a natural extension of the total care provided by a well-trained family physician.”

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Beyond Training: How Context Matters for Early Detection of Alzheimers Disease in Primary Care [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative Healthcare System Preparedness (DAC-SP) aims to catalyze global healthcare system transformation, providing Alzheimer’s patients and their families quicker access to life-changing innovations and therapies. Setting Primary care settings in the DAC-SP early detection program.