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Rural Hospital Futures in Colorado - Rapid Review and Environmental Scan for Policy Opportunities [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Since 2005, over 180 rural hospitals have closed across the United States and 800 rural hospitals remain at high risk of closure. Nearly four million rural Americans lost a hospital in their county between 2005 and 2021. Rural hospitals with particular attention to Colorado. Study Design. Outcome Measures. Conclusions.

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Super-utilization interventions - failing or evolving in complex systems? A scoping literature review [Complexity science]

Annals of Family Medicine

Introduction: Super-utilization (frequent acute hospital care use or frequent emergency department (ED) utilization and readmissions) describes high rates of emergency department visits and hospital admissions by some individuals. Articles were intentionally chosen to illustrate primary themes.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

Both readings for this session, a New Yorker article and a Health Affairs paper , portrayed Romney as a “data wonk” who viewed the issue of the uninsured as a problem-solving challenge rather than a grand moral imperative. Health Policy Fellowship Department of Family Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

I therefore reviewed the main research studies and guidelines and tried to summarize them briefly and clearly in this article. Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). How effective are GLP-1 analogs for weight loss?

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

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Learn CPR!

Noreta Family Medicine

I recently organized several CPR classes for Noreta Family Medicine patients as well as their family and friends. Also, I think many of us have joked with family when they start to cough while eating, asking them if they need the Heimlich, but do YOU actually know the correct placement of your hands, and how hard to press?

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Staying psychologically safe as a doctor during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMJ

Some will be at the forefront, others will be doing telehealth, or may find themselves back in a hospital situation rather than in the community. Acknowledgements: The authors wish to acknowledge the work and support of the other members of the WONCA Working Party for Mental Health who were not directly involved in writing this article.