Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Chronic pain is a common, complex, and costly condition that is managed primarily in primary care in Canada. In 2014, amidst a national opioid crisis and debate surrounding opioid guidelines, ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship (‘ECHO Pain’), the first ECHO in Canada, was launched.

Management 130

Management Telehealth Education Community 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

JANUARY 18, 2021

Understand that collective action and a focus on community, rather than individualism, are most effective in combating racism and achieving health equity. One of the biggest barriers to health equity is the narrow focus on the individual and a failure to see health as a widespread community issue.

Community 52

Community Medical Individual IT 52

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

It was launched in 2014 as an iOS app , available in 6 languages, and among others, it offers an on-the-go skincare assessment tool as first-step guidance on skincare concerns. In the continent-sized country, approximately 11,000 skin care specialists are working, which means less than one dermatologist for 100,000 people.

Patients 111

Patients Healthcare Board-Certified Telemedicine 111

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Since the turn of the century, the rise of hospitalists and the corresponding decline in the number of office-based family physicians who provide inpatient care for their own patients has magnified the value of optimizing the handoff from hospital-based teams to primary care physicians.

Hospital 52

Hospital Management Primary Care Primary Care Physician 52

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

Because I don’t think we think about that so much in palliative care, but we do in geriatrics. But I believe before we start, somebody has a song request for Alex. Is it you, Emmy? Emmy: It is. Eric: What’s the song? Emmy: I just forgot the name of the song… [laughter]. Alex: Pink Cadillac by Bruce Springsteen?

IT 102

IT Families Family Diagnosis 102

GeriPal

MARCH 6, 2025

What makes palliative care for people experiencing homelessness challenging? What is unique about the practice of palliative care for people experiencing homelessness? We discuss the principles of harm reduction, social determinants of health, and trauma informed care. Today we discuss: What is the best terminology?

Healthcare 100

Healthcare IT Community Illness 100

GeriPal

APRIL 10, 2025

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Today we focus on an intervention , published in JAMA, that gave emergency clinicians basic palliative care knowledge, training, and skills. They got a decision support tool that identified hospice patients or those who might benefit from a goals of care discussion.

Patient-Centered 77

Patient-Centered IT Hospital Patients 77