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Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Rapid adoption of virtual care in early 2020, meant there was little time to develop or plan integrated virtual health care services, resulting in an urgency to establish governance for quality-based virtual care in Canada. Ethical, professional and legal requirements were alike for virtual care and in-person settings.

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The Massachusetts Avenue of health reform

The Health Policy Exchange

In contrast to the personality-driven path that Lyndon Johnson took to navigate legislative obstacles to Medicare and Medicaid, former management consultant Mitt Romney charted a decidedly different course to expanding health insurance when he became governor of Massachusetts in 2003. Owning a car is a choice.

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Why Renewable Energy Belongs in Every Clinic

My Green Doctor

For instance, the UK government’s initiative to install solar panels on National Health Service sites is projected to save each site up to £45,000 annually, amounting to approximately £13 million in total savings per year. of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions. Looking for a tailored approach?

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Permanente Live webinar — Finding success in value-based care

Permanente Medicine

About Permanente Medical Groups Permanente Medical Groups are self-governed, physician-led, prepaid, multispecialty medical groups composed of more than 25,000 physicians. PT / 11:30 a.m. Join the conversation on social media using the tag #PermLiveLeadership. To learn more about Permanente Medicine, visit permanente.org.

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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

For instance, the UK government’s initiative to install solar panels on National Health Service sites is projected to save each site up to £45,000 annually, amounting to approximately £13 million in total savings per year. of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions. Looking for a tailored approach?

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Letitia Bridges, MD, MBA, appointed to chief quality officer at The Permanente Federation

Permanente Medicine

The Federation is the national leadership and consulting organization for Permanente Medical Groups and their more than 25,000 physicians. During her residency, she also pursued a full-time MBA, with a focus on operational strategy, from the UCLA Anderson School of Management. million members.

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Green Practice News: April 2025

My Green Doctor

Heather Massey, Sustainability Programs Manager hmassey@mygreendoctor.org (469) 877-4608 Make the Pledge Today! If doctors, nurses, and practice managers highlight the connection between environmental factors and patient well-being, people listen—and they take action. from 2000 to 2018 among people over 65 years old. Contact us today!