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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. We determined personal adherence rates by calculating the mean adherence rates of the medications prescribed to each individual. The mean age was 81.2

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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

emergency room visits, unnecessary medical consultations, imaging tests, medication). Objective: To co-develop a public telephone consultation service provided by occupational therapists and physiotherapists in Canada’s second most densely populated province, Québec.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

Alex 00:20 And she’s professor of family medicine at USC, deputator at JAGS, and co lead of the bold center of Excellence in early detection of dementia. We didn’t have medications that were effective with a few side effects. I think she’s the creator of the mini cog. Is that right, Soo? Soo 00:32 Thanks.

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Exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec: a cohort study [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: Quebec administrative health databases containing de-identified prescription drug claims, ER visits, hospitalizations, and medical acts held by the National Institute for Excellence in Health and Social Services (INESSS) were used. 2) Hazard ratio for an adverse event (emergency room visit, hospitalization, or death).

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Understanding Poison Prevention Month

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

Yet hidden dangers lurk in everyday products, from cleaning supplies to medications. Medications, prescription and over-the-counter, lead to many poisonings. Do not put things like cleaners and medications in different packaging other than what they were purchased in. Most parents think their home is a sanctuary.

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What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

What is the meaning of Family Medicine? As the name suggests, a family physician can take care of your entire family – from the day of your birth (even before!) I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

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Pediatric Check-Ups

Center for Family Medicine (CFM)

So, parents should take their children to pediatric check-ups to get confirmation that they’re meeting their milestones and don’t have any medical issues to address further. What symptoms warrant a trip to the emergency room vs. convenient care? Which vaccines are needed now?