Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in clinical practice. Population studied: Primary care providers (physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants), 43 in phase 1 and 13 in phase 2.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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.

Clinic 130

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

GeriPal

JUNE 12, 2025

And sort of a few years ago, we would sometimes see referrals a bit later than we would have liked. We are Seeing referrals at an earlier time point, especially at a point that I feel that I can really help a patient. Is it normally the oncologist who’s making the referrals to you or do they come from people outside of oncology?

Patient-Centered 102

Patient-Centered Referral Patients IT 102

PEMBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2024

I’ll dive into the latest clinical practice guidelines and discuss evidence-based approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Understanding dyspepsia and its clinical presentation. Join me as I scope out the nuances of gastroesophageal reflux and gastritis and provide practical insights for clinicians in the emergency setting.

Diagnosis 52

Diagnosis Management IT Patient-Centered 52

GeriPal

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

So, the question becomes, what, if anything, should we do differently in the primary care setting to diagnose the disease? On todays podcast, weve invited Nathaniel Chin back to the GeriPal podcast to talk about what primary care needs to manage this new world of Alzheimers disease effectively. Great to be back.

Primary Care 96

Primary Care Diagnosis Screening IT 96

GeriPal

JANUARY 18, 2024

Most palliative care clinicians would refer back to their primary care provider and not change their hydrochlorothiazide dose or add another agent. Should it just be referral to their PMD, who’s all, “Why are these people telling me to do all this stuff all the time?” Most oncologists would say no.

Illness 136

Illness Patient-Centered Screening Clinic 136

GeriPal

MARCH 10, 2022

So we looked at hospital referral regions, and we looked at high- and low- intensity regions. Joan: A lot of my work comes out of my clinical practice. And I wrote a paper a couple years ago, entitled Forced to Choose: When Medicare Policy Disrupts End of Life Care. Ruth: We wanted to control for those regional factors.

Nurse Practitioner 60

Nurse Practitioner Hospital Family Families 60