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Comprehensive and Focus Practice changes in the Family Physician Workforce in Ontario:1993-2022 [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Comprehensive primary care is the foundation of an effective healthcare system but has been on the decline as more family physicians pursue careers in focused practice. physicians who work <44 days per year with <5 patients per day) followed a U-shaped distribution, starting at 20.5% in 2009/2010 and ending at 20.4%

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Medicaid expansion is in the eye of the beholder

The Health Policy Exchange

To supporters of the Affordable Care Act, legislative expansion of the Medicaid program is a welcome financial and health care bonanza for states and uninsured patients. In fiscal year 2011, Medicaid spending totaled $414 billion, with two-thirds going to services for disabled elderly persons. Kenny Lin, MD Director, Robert L.

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GeneSight® Mental Health Monitor Results

Myriad Genetics

  Whitnee Brown, a PMHNP and Doctor of Nursing Practice in Birmingham, Alabama, and her patient Lisa Roberts of Huntsville, shared their stories in support of the survey results, which can be viewed here.  This spring’s survey focused on antidepressants and how Americans view them. Roberts is on a medication that works for her. exclaimed Ms.

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Validation of Mood and Anxiety Disorder Case Definitions using Primary Care Electronics Medical Records [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population: 1,692,987 patients from seven Canadian provinces with a visit between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2021. Intervention/Instrument: The reference set included 2,488 randomly selected patients, including 434 (17.4%) positive cases (i.e. spec, 80.7, PPV, 51.0), however alone schizophrenia had high agreement (sen 93.3,

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Palliative Care in A Conflict Zone: Help Us Support Our Hospice and Palliative Care Colleagues in Ukraine

GeriPal

Families are unable to visit their loved ones and patients suffer from limited access to care and medications. The All-Ukrainian Associate of Palliative and Hospice Care was founded in 2011 and is currently working to provide support and direct supplies to hospices and palliative care wards in the country.

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Storycatching: Podcast with Heather Coats and Thor Ringler

GeriPal

Clinicians “catching” patient life stories. . Our patients aren’t “the 76 year old with heart failure in room 202,” as Heather Coats astutely noted. Our loves, our triumphs, our failures, our work, our families. . Storytelling Helps Hospital Staff Discover The Person Within The Patient. What’s in a story? SPONSOR: .

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

GeriPal

Summary Transcript CME Summary Many older adults lose decision-making capacity during serious illnesses, and a significant percentage lack family or friends to assist with decisions. And I was asking this patient about if he had filled out an advanced directive. Is the patient in your descriptor? Alex 10:41 No, they don’t.