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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. Health technology tools, such as electronic health records with embedded MBC capabilities, digital platforms for automated symptom tracking, data analytics (e.g., Artificial Intelligence), etc. Jensen-Doss, A.,

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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. I think it was Bob Lee’s 2020 JAGS paper. Is that what you’re referring to?

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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.