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Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The University of Colorado School of Medicine (CUSOM) launched their eConsult program in 2018. Objective: To determine how primary care providers (PCP) utilize the eConsult platform. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023.

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care for diabetes in Canada: Results from a mixed-methods study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Primary care experienced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as reduced access to care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes.

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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

The context of the reviews were: general health care and services (n=8), HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment (n=2), maternity and primary care (n=1), maternity and antenatal care (n=1), and oncology (n=1). 2010) and adapted by Schultz et al. Results: Thirteen reviews published in English from 2010 to 2023 were included.

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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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‘Gas Station Heroin’ Spurs Spike in Poison Control Calls, FDA Warns

Physician's Weekly

The FDA sent a warning letter to the maker of a product called Tianna in 2018. It claimed to provide “an unparalleled solution to cravings for opiates.” ” She emphasized that people dealing with depression, anxiety, pain or opioid addiction should see a health care professional to get an approved treatment.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

Physician's Weekly

It’s “going to streamline it in some incremental ways only,” Dr. Adam Gaffney , a critical care doctor and assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, told NBC News. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal.

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A portrait of primary care use in community dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec between 2018 and 2020 [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context As the population ages, access and continuity of primary care with the family physician are crucial for managing the complex health needs of persons with dementia. However, there is still a gap in understanding who has access to primary care and who maintains continuity of care. 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8%