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Trend in areas of practice of family physicians by career stage in Ontario, Canada from 2018 to 2022 [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

CONTEXT: The percentage of family physicians (FPs) in Ontario who practice primary care has been decreasing over time as FPs are choosing to focus some or all of their practice in more specialized areas. POPULATION STUDIED: All family physicians in Ontario, who submitted a billing claim during the study period.

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Assessment of Project ECHO(R) Opioid Use Disorder Sessions for Primary Care Teams [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

A critical shortage of clinicians who specialize in treating patients with OUD exacerbates this issue. Intervention: 12 monthly online OUD sessions held from April 2023 to March 2024. Context: In the US, opioid use disorder (OUD) presents significant and urgent public health concerns.

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A feasibility study of the Illuminate 360o approach for monitoring the implementation of a health system innovation [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

This need became apparent with the initiation of the Alberta Surgical Initiative’s Facilitated Access to Specialized Treatment (FAST). Setting: Alberta, Canada from May 2022 to October 2023. Study Design and Analysis: We used a mixed-method complexity-informed methodology.

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Have Job-Based Health Coverage at 65? You May Still Want To Sign Up for Medicare

Physician's Weekly

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. In those instances, Medicare pays first if they or their family member works at a company with fewer than 100 employees. The bills totaled more than $100,000.

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Patient Testimonial: Dee Hensel

Logansport Memorial Hospital

After a year of various health struggles, including two amputations, Dee’s wound is finally healed and she’s found comfort in the staff that treats her like family. But 2023 was a really bad year for me between the infection and everything. They don’t treat you like a patient, they treat you like family.”

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Dr. Paul Thomas Gives the Welcome to Detroit Lecture for Incoming Class of 2027 at WSU SOM

Plum Health

It also discusses cultural events, the best coffee shops to study, the best parks to relax and unwind, and the best restaurants for a student budget and for when parents or loved ones come to town for a special occasion.

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Episode 384: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 26 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 1

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2023 Apr;21(2):166-7. 2022;31(2):211-221.