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Physician focused practice and added competence on primary care quality for older adults: A propensity score-matched study [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To compare family physician practice on established performance measures derived from a modified Delphi process. Setting: Multiple linked population-based datasets for the province of Ontario, Canada, in 2019. Population studied: Family physicians with ≥1 rostered patients.

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

FDA is considering approval, shifting away from Schedule I restrictions, paving the way for use in clinical practice. In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. If you put on your clinical hats, what is demoralization to you? What is this?

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Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

BMJ

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. 1 Clinical guidelines internationally recommend statin therapy for both primary and secondary prevention of CVD, making statins one of the most frequently prescribed drugs in industrialised countries.