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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

Since we basically don’t have a clue, let alone agreement, about what Quality really is ( see my 2009 post “ Quality or Conformity? And, as the NEJM article points out, there are no financial incentives to have nurses or other non-providers manage routine problems like hypertension in our current system.

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Episode 148: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 4 – Dismantling Race-Based Medicine Part 2: Clinical Perspectives

The Clinical Problem Solvers

However, the diagnostic approach used to determine changes in clinical management of renal disease (i.e. Additionally, research has shown that using symptom-prompted modifications to management, in the context of shared decision-making, can improve outcomes. 2009 May;139(1):47-57. J Epidemiol Community Health. doi:10.1136/jech.2004.024562

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