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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. This study offers insight into the practice patterns of boutique clinic primary care physicians, as well as the estimated public costs of this business model in Ontario. Study Design and Analysis.

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Liver cancer patients see longer survival with dual immunotherapy approach

Medical Xpress

A research team from the School of Clinical Medicine of the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has pioneered the use of a 'dual immunotherapy' combination—nivolumab and ipilimumab (NIVO+IPI)—in the treatment of liver cancer patients since 2016.

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Episode 288: WDx #23: Clinical Unknown Discussion with Dr Rebecca Berger

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] In this episode of WDx, Dr Rebecca Berger joins Kara, Jane, & Sharmin to discuss a clinical unknown. Presented by Kara, the case starts with a young woman presenting with chronic isolated thrombocytopenia. Download CPSolvers App here

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A Novel Definition of Urinary Tract Infection across a National Primary Care Network [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied Providers participating in MaPCReN represented 306,394 patients with ≥1 visit between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2021. Setting or Dataset De-identified data from 268 primary care providers participating in the Manitoba Primary Care Research Network (MaPCReN), the Manitoba network within CPCSSN.

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Episode 268: WDx #21 – Clinical Unknown with Dr. Rachael Lee

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Maani and Emily are joined by Dr. Rachael Lee for a clinical unknown. Dr. Rachael Lee @ DoctorRachael Dr. Lee joined the UAB Division of Infectious Diseases at UAB in 2016 and is currently an Associate Professor.

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Preventing Blood Pressure Misdiagnosis: Arm Position & Cuff Size

Family Medicine Initiative

A systematic review ( BMJ Open 2016 ) of 20 studies examined the accuracy of blood pressure measurements in obese adults with large upper arm circumferences. It remains questionable whether this modest effect is clinically relevant, or whether it justifies the effort and potential worries of patients.

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Time to obtain ethics approval and sites authorization for research in the Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) [Observational study (cohort, case-control)]

Annals of Family Medicine

The research ethics approval process must follow the 2016 Québec Ministry of Health framework for multicentric projects which specifies that Evaluating Research Ethics Board (EREB) must respond to evaluation requests within 5 days and evaluate the project within 30 days. COPRI protocol version 2.0