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Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Electronic health record (EHR) order preference lists and order sets potentially improve efficiency but have limited utility in complex primary care settings. Setting: Primary care clinics partnered with an academic health center. nurse practitioners and physician assistants).

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Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: As academic medical centers purposefully integrate telemedicine visits into primary care, efficacy studies are needed to appropriately guide resource allocation and triage processes. Setting: Providers across six Northern California clinic sites surveyed over an 8-week period (March 21-May 16, 2023).

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Using a typology to understand and address primary care administrative workload in Atlantic Canada [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Administrative activities, including work related to caring for individual patients and clinic administration, may play a substantial role in understanding changes to primary care workload. Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported.

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Nurses perspectives on the characteristics of high-functioning teams in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context : The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to explore the qualities that enable greater team adaptability, as a team’s ability to respond effectively to disruption is a good indicator of how well it functions. Results : A total of 76 nurses were interviewed. Outcome Measures N/A.

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Healthcare Jobs in Hamden, CT: Opportunities for Every Experience Level

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Medical biller: Medical billers are responsible for submitting claims to patients’ insurance providers, and following up to ensure the practice receives payment. Authorization specialist: Authorization specialists are responsible for getting pre-authorizations from patients’ insurance providers to ensure upcoming services are covered.

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4 Ways Temporary Medical Staff Maintain Patient Care

Barton Associates

Across the United States, tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortage s of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals. These professionals play a vital role in maintaining essential services and ensuring continuity of patient care. Enter temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens providers.

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

GeriPal

I cant do the primary thing Ive been trained to do: ABC, ABC, ABCs. Most emergency providers wanted to do the right thing for seriously ill patients, but they didnt have the knowledge, skills, or experience to do it. We weren’t randomizing providers or patients. This is not why I went into emergency medicine.