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

Annals of Family Medicine

Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. This study offers insight into the practice patterns of boutique clinic primary care physicians, as well as the estimated public costs of this business model in Ontario. Study Design and Analysis.

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"It All Revolves Around the Pain": Patient Experiences of Navigating Care for Long COVID Pain Symptoms [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To document the lived experience of patients with LC pain, including how they access and receive healthcare, to improve services for LC pain evaluation and treatment. Insurance types included private (n=12, 48%), Medicare/Medicaid/Public (n=8, 32%), Worker’s compensation (n=2, 8%), and other (n=3, 12%).

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The Healthcare Vision of ChatGPT-4o and Multimodal LLMs

The Medical Futurist

Large language models will soon find their way in to everyday clinical settings , simply because the global shortage of healthcare personnel is becoming dire and AI will lend a hand with tasks that do not require skilled medical professionals. Current medical AIs only process one type of data, for example, text or X-ray images.

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Despite efforts to improve patient-clinician relationships, access to care, and healthcare workflows, annual rates of missed appointments (MA) in the U.S Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics.

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Healthcare Quality Gaps in Chronic Pain Opioid Therapy

Physician's Weekly

They performed a cross-sectional patient survey targeting a random sample of 3,037 individuals with chronic arthrosis and/or back pain receiving long-term opioid therapy, all insured by a major German statutory health insurance (SHI) provider. Internal reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s α.

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An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

An Escape Fire for Healthcare I recently watched a film, called “ Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare, ” a 2012 documentary about how the priorities in the US healthcare system are focused on increasing revenue, instead of on goals that improve health, like preventive care.

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Healthcare Jobs in Hamden, CT: Opportunities for Every Experience Level

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Healthcare is a growing industry that offers diverse opportunities and career paths. Whether you’re embarking on a new career path or are decades into your healthcare career, you may find healthcare jobs in Hamden, CT at PACT. Entry level roles typically don’t require education beyond a high school diploma or GED.