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Challenges and Gains of AI in Primary Health Systems

Physician's Weekly

Study quality was estimated by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) critical appraisal tools. The results showed that 109 articles were reviewed, mainly from North America (n = 49, 44%) and Europe (n = 36, 33%), using varied study designs. Based on the PCET, AI opportunities, challenges, and requirements were grouped under 4 major dimensions.

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Administrative burden in primary care: Critical review

Canadian Family Physician

Objective Administrative burden contributes to the current primary care crisis. This critical review of the literature explores how primary care administrative burden is discussed, including how it is defined and what drivers and solutions have been identified.

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Top studies of 2024 relevant to primary care: From the PEER team

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To identify and summarize the most impactful medical articles published in 2024 relevant to primary care. The articles were ranked by the PEER team and selected studies were summarized. Main message Articles addressed various clinical areas in primary care.

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Beyond usual care: A Realist Synthesis of primary care naturalistic longitudinal depression cohort studies [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Over the past 40 years, access to and efficacy of ‘usual care’ depression interventions (pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy) has steadily improved yet over the same time, depression prevalence rates have remained stubbornly high. Additional articles were identified via citation searches, and the authors’ library.

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"Sludge audits" identify obstacles to completing colorectal cancer screening

Common Sense Family Doctor

A 2022 article in the Harvard Business Review introduced the term sludge to describe “these types of situations in which the design of a specific process consistently impedes individuals from completing their intended action.” Wait times. More travel to a laboratory or a different office for a test or procedure. The list goes on.

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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

Investigators concluded that community-based CGA was associated with improved HRQoL and reduced acute care use among OAs, with the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) serving as a useful predictor of adverse outcomes.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded back in 2000 that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening for dementia in older adults. If so, how do we screen and who do we screen? What should we use to screen individuals? Cognitive screening.

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