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Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Rapid adoption of virtual care in early 2020, meant there was little time to develop or plan integrated virtual health care services, resulting in an urgency to establish governance for quality-based virtual care in Canada. Not all regulatory authorities authorize virtual prescribing of controlled substances.

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Alcohol Free for Five Years Today

Mere Mortal MD

So on the morning of June 15th, 2020, I made a conscious decision to stop putting alcohol in my body. I bought every quit lit (short for literature about quitting drinking) book she recommended, some of my favorites being Drink, The Intimate Relationship with Women and Alcohol , by Ann Dowsett Johnston, and This Naked Mind , by Annie Grace.

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Facilitators and Barriers to Deferring Low-Value Imaging for Low Back Pain: A Qualitative Study [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Patient focus groups and semi-structured physician interviews were conducted and transcribed, with thematic analysis used to identify themes from the resultant data. Setting or Dataset: Six virtual patient focus groups with a total of 30 patients and nine telephone physician interviews conducted in 2020.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

The film talks about some of the escape fires of healthcare, including non-opioid pain treatments, nutrition programs, strong doctor-patient relationships, among others. The high number of patient visits she had per day left her unable to take care of each patient to the best of her ability. minutes long.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

For many of us, the emergence of medical scribes, both in-person and remote, provided a valuable solution, offloading documentation and allowing us to have more focused patient interactions. It can differentiate between a physician’s questions and a patient’s responses and even filter out non-relevant small talk.

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When to Go to a Doctor for Chest Congestion: At-home Care vs. Medical Attention

Doctor On Demand

Virtual visits can diagnose colds, flu , or allergies and help you manage symptoms at home. Despite those concerns, the authors of the study concluded, “Many patients and health professionals would consider using herbal medicine for acute bronchitis, if based on trustworthy advice and evidence-based guidelines, respectively.”

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Senior FDA Official Dr. Julie Beitz Joins Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. as Principal Drug Regulatory Expert

FDA Law Blog

Dr. Beitz was selected by FDA to be the inaugural Director of OII in March 2020 as part of the CDER OND reorganization. HP&M has long respected Dr. Beitz and enjoyed a professional working relationship with her during her distinguished FDA career.