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The Evolution of Concierge Medicine: What 20 years in the industry have taught me

Concierge Choice Physicians

Our job was primarily to inform private physicians and patients that there was another way to secure that one-to-one relationship and to get away from the bureaucracy that seemed to have taken over medicine. These skeptics underestimated how much patients valued the relationship they had with their doctor.

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What to Expect During a Primary Care Visit

Mesa Family Physician

What information should you bring? A primary care visit is your chance to build a relationship with a provider who will oversee your general health. Building a strong relationship with your primary care provider starts with a single visit. What does the doctor do first? How long will it take? What Is a Primary Care Visit?

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What Is Nutrition Counseling and How it Can Help You Achieve Your Weight Management Goals

Dr. Michael Bazel

Finding a sustainable approach may seem overwhelming with so much conflicting information about diets, exercise routines, and lifestyle changes. Building a Positive Relationship With Food Many people associate food with guilt or stress, particularly when managing weight.

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Assessing patient experience through the attitudes and emotions expressed during medical encounters [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Recently, the need to study potential associations between expressions of A/E towards cancer and its treatment during consultations and the emotional distress reported by patients after the consultation emerged. 4) Reported psychological distress level was measured post consultation with the patient distress thermometer.

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Telehealth for Maternity Care: Qualitative Perspectives of Clinicians and Mothers [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Health institutions rapidly adopted video and voice consultations to limit viral transmissions. This concern is in part due to the risk of replacing in-person visits, which are beneficial for building rapport in the mother-infant-provider relationship. Participants also described challenges to expanding telehealth.

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Teamwork Among Primary Care Staff to Achieve Regular Follow-Up of Chronic Patients [Original Research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Clinics with more regular follow-up emphasized teamwork, a peaceful approach toward challenging patients, and flat as opposed to hierarchical organizational structures for personal relationships among staff.

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Integrated care for adults with complex needs: opportunities of case management in primary care to improve equity [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Methods: Semi-structured interviews and focus groups with key informants (n=26) recruited through purposeful sampling were conducted, and participant observation was carried out during implementation committee meetings (n=31).