Remove Families Remove Government Remove Information Remove Relationship
article thumbnail

Community Integration: Pushing the Boundaries for a Better World

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Residents and local leaders joined forces to send food and clothing to the island and to welcome newly arrived families to their town. The Holyoke Health Center, in collaboration with the Family Resource Center at Enlace de Familias , played a pivotal role in this local relief effort.

Community 390
article thumbnail

Can the Practice of Primary Care Medicine ever be Practical Again?

A Country Doctor Writes

Primary care, with our ongoing patient relationships, is in theory ideally suited for quickly taking care of minor problems. After all, we already have background information on our patients and shouldn’t have to start from scratch. His job was, or should have been, easier than the plumber’s.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Outcomes of Guidelines from Health Technology Assessment Organizations: A Systematic Mixed Studies Review [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

HTA organizations are generally funded by governments, they guide health care professionals and decision/policy-makers, and they publish knowledge translation products such as guidelines. Objectives: To explore and measure the outcomes of HTA organizations’ guidelines in family medicine. Health organization outcomes.

article thumbnail

New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

The Scorecard was developed in response to a call for an annual tracking tool to inform primary care policy issued by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) in their 2021 report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care Rebuilding the Foundation of Health Care. For more information, visit www.milbank.org.

article thumbnail

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

Contributing to this challenge is the exponential growth of information, an expanding population of older adults, and office visit documentation. In addition, Dr. Nguyen co-chairs the SCPMG Virtual Medical Center and brings extensive expertise as a practicing family medicine physician at Kaiser Permanente. Thank you for sharing that.

article thumbnail

STATEMENT RELEASE: Reproductive Health Coalition Statement on Impact of Medicaid Cuts

Doctors for America

That harm will fall disproportionately on the shoulders of already-marginalized groups, including pregnant people, people with disabilities, low-income families and individuals, and communities of color. Click here for more information.

article thumbnail

A family physician's response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade

Vida Family Medicine

I care deeply about each and every one of my patients, and I do not want a difference in opinion to create a wedge in our relationship. These are intellectually interesting but often personally devastating to the patient and family involved. Medicine involves many extremely ethically challenging situations.