Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Medical Manpower Indicators: Are policymakers using poor surrogate indicators of access to Family Doctor services ? In 2012, the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS) reported that the population of Montreal consumed the services of 1,663 family doctors (FTE consumed).

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Family Doctor Family Families Medical 130

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. The practice steadily grew through the 80’s and 90’s, and Dr. Eggebrecht joined in 1993, at a time when family doctors still rounded in the hospital and delivered babies.

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Family Physician Family Families Primary Care 52

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care.

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Healthcare Primary Care DO Family Medicine 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Canada, most of the population relies on their family doctor for their mental healthcare needs. The time horizon was anchored in January 2012: pre-pandemic period was defined as January 2012 to March 2020, and the pandemic period as April 2020 to June 2022.

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Primary Care Mental Health Illness Family Doctor 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

An analysis of Medicare data from 2012 to 2017 found that "using TCM codes was linked to a modest reduction in the number of patients readmitted to the hospital within 30 and 90 days after discharge, with the greatest improvements seen in 2017. More than a decade into the program, it remains uncertain whether TCM actually improves outcomes.

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Hospital Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A recent editorial in the Journal of the American Heart Association discussed a “paradigm shift” in management of severe aortic stenosis: 69% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who underwent aortic valve replacement from 2012-2019 had TAVI, with the percentage undergoing SAVR falling from 75% in 2012 to just 10% in 2019.

Hospital 52

Hospital Management Patients Clinic 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 11, 2025

A less heralded ruling with health implications occurred in 2018, when the Roberts Court held that a prior federal law forbidding states to legalize sports betting was unconstitutional.

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