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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.

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Electronic Health Record Use and Patient-Centredness [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Large-scale electronic health record (EHR) programs have reported a number of issues to their implementation in primary care including physician patient-centredness and clinical performance. Setting: An academic primary care clinic based in a hospital.

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Humming Jeopardy

A Country Doctor Writes

In fact, I’ve been doing it ever since, in a gesture of generosity and solidarity, I volunteered to try fifteen minute visits during a lean spell in the clinic about twelve years ago. Primary care is a lot like Jeopardy. What will the EKG show?

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Redesigning Primary Care Workflows to Optimize Obesity Management

Physician's Weekly

As rates of obesity continue to rise alongside new therapeutic options, a team of researchers at the 85th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) will present findings from PATHWEIGH , a pragmatic clinical trial designed to embed evidence-based obesity care directly into primary care workflows.

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Implementing quality improvement into practice: Exploring the work to develop and implement a QI project in primary care [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Physicians receive little QI training in their formal education and require professional development opportunities to learn necessary QI training and skills. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore what is required to conduct QI work, the supports and resources necessary, and perceptions of QI prioritization to improve healthcare.

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Physicians Perspectives on Race and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) Risk Calculator [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

However, using race to guide clinical decisions is now controversial, potentially impacting clinician use of this tool. Study design: Qualitative descriptive study conducted using ten 45-minute semi-structured interviews with primary care physicians in North Carolina between March and April 2022.

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Episode 56 – Human Dx unknown with Reza & Northwestern’s residents – Drs. Peigh & McGee – loss of consciousness

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode description Dr. David Kudlowitz presents a Human Dx case to Reza and Northwestern’s Drs. He works as a hospitalist and primary care physician. He is also Content Director of Clinical Reasoning for 1st year medical students. Katherine McGee and Graham Peigh.