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Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models.

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Staff perspectives of a novel integrated community care hub in an urban underserved population (UK) [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

Physician's Weekly

In practice, doing both simultaneously can be challenging but certainly possible with some planning. First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. How might primary care physicians coordinate this care in settings with limited specialist access?

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Could Be First-Line Therapy for C. Difficile

Physician's Weekly

The researchers found that clinical cure and no disease recurrence within 60 days without additional treatment was observed in 66.7 percent of 51 patients receiving FMT versus 61.2 percent of 49 patients receiving vancomycin (difference, 5.4 percent of 51 patients receiving FMT versus 61.2 percentage points; 95.2

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Mailed Self-Collection Kits Increase Rates of Cervical Cancer Screening

Physician's Weekly

from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and colleagues compared the effectiveness of mailed SC kits, with and without patient navigation, versus telephone reminders for increasing cervical cancer screening. percent in the SC with patient navigation group participated in cervical cancer screening.

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Prescribing ADHD Meds by Telehealth Does Not Alter Risk for Substance Use Disorder Overall

Physician's Weekly

25, 2023, to examine whether receiving an initial prescription for ADHD from a provider who the patient has never seen in person is associated with an increased risk for stimulant use disorder (stimUD) or other SUDs. A total of 7,944 patients were included in the sample. Vinod Rao, M.D., ” Two authors disclosed ties to industry.

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Disparities in Post-COVID Conditions among Persons with Disabilities: Findings from Primary Care Patients, 2019-2022 [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: This is a retrospective observational study of primary care visits during the 2019-2022 study period. Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. Measurements.