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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC is presented not simply as data collection, but as a dynamic, evidence-based clinical process that enhances outcomes, promotes equity, and strengthens team-based care. MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. What is MBC? 3, 4) Why is MBC important?

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POLST Evidence and Update: Kelly Vranas, Abby Dotson, Karl Steinberg, and Scott Halpern

GeriPal

It’s like how liberating it is to eliminate resentments, regrets and envy from our lives and how great it is in our clinical practice when we’re able to help families reconcile after an estrangement, how much relief that brings. And so we looked at in total there were about 105,000 patients across 20 observational studies.

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

BMJ

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000780 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of death from non-communicable disease in the world. 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.