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Facilitating Well-Being in Primary Healthcare During COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Maintaining well-being - "the presence of positive physical, mental, social, and integrated health in connection with activities and environments that allow development across personal and work-life domains" - of the PHC workforce is imperative for facilitating effective care. resilience) for fully licensed providers were included.

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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. Ethical, professional and legal requirements were alike for virtual care and in-person settings.

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Q&A: What Physicians Need to Know About Cold Drink Heart

Physician's Weekly

Dr Vinson: I introduced the phrase in a 2020 essay I published after our initial 2016 case report. We also found it surprising that more than one-third of our respondents noted that cold drinks were particularly likely to incite an AF episode during or following physical exertion. PW: Who coined the term “cold drink heart”?

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Evaluating Patient Experiences with a Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In March 2020, the Renfrew County Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre (VTAC) was launched as a large-scale, innovative, hybrid healthcare program. VTAC aims to provide timely and equitable access to care in a predominantly rural region facing deep-rooted healthcare challenges.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

quarantine-breakers”) or video clips of people shouting at or even physically assaulting Wuhanese or people who visited Wuhan after the outbreak. Int J Soc Psychiatry 2020 (May 21; published online). Front Commun ́2020 (June 12; published online). Accessed June 21, 2020 from: [link]. 新闻战线[News Frontline] 2020;(3):1–10.

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From Surgeries To Keeping Company: The Place Of Robots In Healthcare

The Medical Futurist

They are often overwhelmed by physically and mentally daunting tasks, and the result is often an unpleasant experience for everyone involved. A human-sized, smiling robot combines the very best in cutting-edge technology and human touch to provide frequent check-ins and non-medical care for residents in long-term care settings.

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Using technology to reclaim our time

Today's Hospitalist

Since the mid-1990s, our capacity for innovation has never stopped as hospitalists navigate a complex landscape of acute illnesses, interprofessional collaborations and the imperative to provide efficient, high-quality care. We have seen explosive growth and become a cornerstone of modern health care systems.