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Hormonal Therapy Online in Canada | Top Answer Questions

Dr. Zaar

Costs vary depending on the platform, province, and whether you have got insurance insurance. In some provinces, virtual specialist consultations are protected under public fitness plans, including OHIP in Ontario or MSP in British Columbia. Private insurance frequently covers extra offerings or medicinal drugs prescribed.

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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. Clinicians practicing in rural areas mentioned using telehealth for mental health care and finding it beneficial for specialist consultations on pregnancy complications. Participants also described challenges to expanding telehealth.

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Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. Analysis: This is a secondary analysis of clinician participation and uptake of consultation and training for pediatric mental health in Virginia between 2016-2023.

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Bias landmines.

Reflections of a Grady Doctor

Hey--did you check a urine drug screen?" He denied any drug use and, on top of that, had prior screens that all were negative. And we consulted the heart failure team. I know if he was a white woman at Emory or even an insured black patient somewhere else, I probably wouldn't have suggested that. My intern paused. "I

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Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Also, when you do re-apply for a residency position, you will be considered a graduating medical student senior which is useful for those residency programs that automatically screen out graduates. I heavily explored my options and decided urgent care would be the best fit for me. Urgent care work definitely isn’t for everyone though.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. Eric: And how do we screen for it? Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss.

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What every physician should know about care experience (and why it matters)

Permanente Medicine

Access is so important because that is the reason the patient signs up with health insurance is so that they can get care, whether primary or specialty. We have to get that right or else the patient [is] going to go to a different entity or a different insurance company. Let’s get this important cancer screening test done.

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