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Addressing Medication Safety in Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions during Transitions of Care: A Caregiver Perspective [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Transitions of care (TOC) between healthcare settings carry numerous safety hazards and high risk for medication harm, particularly for patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). Inductive thematic analysis identified and catgorized themes within a communication framework.

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Profiling patterns of patient experiences of access to care and continuity at team-based primary healthcare clinics [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Access to primary healthcare services is a core lever for reducing health inequalities. Objective: To identify different profiles of access to care and continuity experiences of patients registered at team-based primary healthcare clinics.

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Enhancing Primary Care: The Role of Occupationnal Therapy in Chronic Pain Self-Management [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: One in five Canadians lives with chronic pain which significantly affects their daily activities and quality of life. Necessary healthcare services to manage chronic pain remain difficult to access in primary care.

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Ambulatory Behavioral Health Referral Patterns in the Setting of Chronic Medical Conditions [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Patients with chronic medical conditions (CCs) and behavioral comorbidities have lower quality of life and increased healthcare expenses. Population Studies: NA Intervention/Instrument: NA Outcome Measures: NA Results: 45% (n = 3,889) of patients referred to ambulatory BH care had 1 or more chronic conditions.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

What information should you bring? These visits may focus on preventive care, managing chronic conditions, addressing new concerns, or simply creating a baseline of your current health status. This process is similar to a new patient visit and includes updated history, records review, and reconnection to the healthcare system.

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Misconceptions of Employer Sponsored Direct Primary Care (DPC)

Plum Health

As employees change their healthcare usage behavior, both primary and specialty care claims decrease. Easy access and relationship-driven care minimize long-term healthcare expenses and cut down on unnecessary urgent care and emergency room visits. We invite you to speak with a member of our team for more information.

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Deprescribing Super Special III: Constance Fung, Emily McDonald, Amy Linsky, and Michelle Odden

GeriPal

And our next guest is Amy Linsky, who’s a physician and researcher at the VA Boston Healthcare System and associate professor at Boston University University. Just found that this was a really easy, low budget way of informing people about the medication, about the potential harms, and they were a captive audience in the hospital.