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Co-development of a public primary care occupational therapy and physical therapy telephone consultation service [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In recent years, given significant challenges with accessing primary care physicians in Canada, there has been increased attention towards involving other health care providers, such as rehabilitation professionals, for managing different conditions.

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Finding the Right Clinic: A Guide to Quality Care

Plum Health

Regular visits to a primary care clinic can make a world of difference in your overall health. It's not just about being reactive; preventive care services help you maintain your overall health by addressing potential issues before they escalate. Building a relationship with your primary care doctor should be a priority.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

Most sore throats heal on their own, but severe cases may require urgent care. Learn more about which symptoms mean you should go to urgent care or the ER, as well as when to use telehealth or see a primary care doctor. Urgent care clinics provide quick diagnoses and treatments, including antibiotics if needed.

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PC Trials at State of Science: Tom LeBlanc, Kate Courtright, & Corita Grudzen

GeriPal

Kate: The problem is we communicate late, we share prognosis late, we elicit goals and values late, so all the time while they’re in the ICU getting prolonged intensive care, we don’t really know that we’re providing goal concordant care, so we wanted to nudge it a little upstream. Eric: Nudge it.

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Surrogate Decision Making: Bernie Lo and Laurie Dornbrand

GeriPal

Today, we talk with Bernie Lo, prominent bioethicist and practicing primary care internist, and Laurie Dornbrand, geriatrician at the IOA On Lok PACE, about the legacy of Nancy Curzan. Bernie Lo discloses being an Honorarium Recipient and consultant for Takeda starting on 01/23/2024. Bernie: So let me flip it around.

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RCT of PC in ED: Corita Grudzen, Fernanda Bellolio, & Tammie Quest

GeriPal

I asked emergency medicine clinicians what they thought when a patient who is seriously ill and DNR comes to the ED, and some responded, (paraphrasing), what are they doing here? This is not why I went into emergency medicine. I went into emergency medicine to act. Why is that important in the emergency room?

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Understanding the Variability in Care of Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia

GeriPal

The Lived Experience of Providing Feeding Assistance to a Family Member with Dementia. Palliative Care in Nursing Homes: Discussion of a Multinational Trial with Lieve Van den Block. Well, I’m a geriatric nurse practitioner and I provided care to over 800 nursing home residents in 11 different nursing homes.