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Pain-Related Medication in Adults with Intellectual Disability: a systematic review [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Measures: Varied by study design; self/carer-report or electronic health records (EHR). Results: 21,603 articles identified. Following removal of duplicates 20,425 titles, 2,716 abstracts, 341 full-text articles were screened; 28 articles were eligible for inclusion.

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Resident Voices: Key Findings from Journal Club Surveys [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

The new format paired each resident with one focal research faculty and one focal faculty advisor, and enabled them to select articles that align with their individual interests. Study Design and Analysis We conducted a retrospective survey distributed electronically and securely among the graduating class of residents.

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“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

Six years ago, I wrote the essay below about an article I read in the New England Journal of Medicine. This week’s Journal has a very profound article about why healthcare has not evolved through its technology the way other sectors of society have. We meet people where they are and in many different ways.

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The Perfect Office Note? SOAP, APSO or aSOAP?

A Country Doctor Writes

Electronic medical record notes are simply way too cumbersome, no matter in what order the segments are displayed, to be of much use if we quickly want to check what happened in the last few office visits before entering the exam room. We need something better – aSOAP ! It should follow logic.

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Bipolar Depression Drives Higher Costs in Old Age

Physician's Weekly

Sociodemographic data and diagnoses were retrieved from electronic health records using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition. The Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (CSSRS) was used to assess lifetime suicidal history, recent suicidal ideation, and suicide attempts within the past month.

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Effect of vitamin D supplementation on patients with low back pain; A systematic review [Musculoskeletal and rheumatology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: Five electronic databases were searched: MEDLINE, CINAHL Cochrane Library, Web of science, SCOPUS and Google scholar Population Studied: We included all clinical trials examining the impact of vitamin D supplementation on LBP, regardless of the form, dosage, or route of administration, and featuring a placebo control group.

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Administrative burden in primary care: Critical review

Canadian Family Physician

Data sources A systematic search of MEDLINE and CINAHL electronic databases for peer-reviewed original research articles, literature reviews, and commentaries that discuss administrative burden in the context of primary care or primary health care.