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San Luis Obispo Physician Launches New Medical Practice with Exclusive Service Program from Concierge Choice Physicians

Concierge Choice Physicians

Margaret Greenough, a family medicine specialist in San Luis Obispo, CA, has opened a new medical practice offering patients the Concierge Choice FullFlex™ program. Most importantly, Concierge Choice programs offer patients peace of mind. It’s a wonderful way to practice medicine.”

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Declines in Self-reported Panel Size among Family Physicians & Explanatory Factors, 2013-2022 [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective To characterize and estimate recent trends in patient panel sizes among a nationally representative sample of Family Physicians, exploring variations across different subgroups. Results Among 55,605 Family Physicians, self-reported panel size decreased from by 25% from 2013-2022, from 2,386 patients per FP down to 1,786.

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Access to health care and services for the Deaf: A scoping review of reviews [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

A patient partner from the Deaf community collaborated on each step of this project. A community consultation identified the evaluation of the cost of providing sign language interpreters (or not) as a top research priority. 2010) and adapted by Schultz et al. Setting: Any context of health care or services.

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Bouncebacks from SNFs: How one health system is making progress

Today's Hospitalist

WITH PATIENT ACUITY levels rising in hospitals, it makes sense that the patients being discharged to SNFs are likewise increasingly complex. By some estimates, one in four patients discharged to a SNF are readmitted. That’s when the health system turned to a company that provides a turnkey SNF-care program.

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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

Our study sample included 1039 eligible adults who were overweight or obese and reported prediabetes from pooled NHANES (2013-2018). This finding suggested that the health care providers might pay more attention to a high-risk population in prediabetes management. Of those, 76.8% Among those receiving doctors’ advice, 83.8%

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Probiotics don’t improve outcomes in children with acute gastroenteritis

PEMBlog

Why is this important for patients and caregivers ? Caution While this study provides important insights, it is worth noting that probiotics may still play a role in other health contexts. However, for pediatric gastroenteritis, the evidence suggests they do not provide significant benefits. Pediatrics, 2013.

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Behind the stethoscope: A conversation with Dr. Osman Saleem

Sound Physicians

I interacted with Sound clinicians during my residency, and seeing the impact they had on the patients and hospital leadership was inspiring. I began as a nocturnist with Sound, otherwise known as a hospitalist who cares for patients at night. When prospective providers visit Mercy Hospital of Buffalo team.