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Intervention Strategies for Management of Comorbid Depression Among Individuals With Hypertension: A Scoping Review [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

More research with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up periods is needed to fully capture the long-term effects of these interventions and to enhance their applicability in clinical practice.

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Evidence-based clinical practice guidelines recommend noninvasive prenatal screening for all pregnant individuals

Medical Xpress

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released a new Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline (EBG), "Noninvasive prenatal screening for fetal chromosome abnormalities in a general-risk population: An evidence-based clinical guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics.".

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MBC supports optimal clinical practice, demonstrates the value of integrated care teams, and improves outcomes. Conclusion CFHA believes that MBC is a critical process that guides, informs, and enhances clinical practices at all levels of integrated care systems. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 18(1), 104–110.

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Expert Panel Unveils Preanesthesia Cannabis Use Assessment Tool

Physician's Weekly

An expert panel unveiled a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia patient care. An expert panel has created a preoperative cannabis use assessment tool to aid healthcare professionals in planning informed, individualized anesthesia and analgesia care for patients.

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Perspectives of family physician educators on implementing shared decision making for preventive health care [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Shared decision making (SDM) is often underutilised in clinical practice. However, we know little about the views on implementing SDM in practice from the perspective of those who supervise and educate residents. In prior work, we observed varying views among resident physicians about the need for SDM.

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Nonsilicone, Ultrasound-Guided PICCs Associated With Fewer Complications

Physician's Weekly

Most studies (n=60) addressed individual interventions, while 14 addressed bundle/multimodal interventions. Given the widespread PICC use in clinical practice and the concerning high rates of associated complications, a compelling argument exists to expand the research in this area,” Dr. Dobrescu and colleagues wrote.

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Survey shows patients with diabetes who follow doctor's advice more likely to undergo diabetic retinopathy examinations

Medical Xpress

The Japanese clinical practice guidelines for diabetes recommend that individuals undergo a fundus examination at least once a year to screen for diabetic retinopathy. However, previous studies indicate that fewer than half of individuals with diabetes in Japan undergo regular fundus examinations.