Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, multiple organizations operate under a ‘boutique’ medicine model where patients pay a block or annual fee to access primary care services. Little is known about the characteristics of physicians and patients participating in boutique clinic practice models. Study Design and Analysis.

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Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. Results: Clinicians with 500 or more patient contacts had an average of 2.7 0.9SD) encounters per patient since 2007. prescriptions, 1.1 (0.5)

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Referral Provider Electronics 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

The combination pill is the first and only FDA-approved triple combination medication for use as an initial therapy in patients who will likely need multiple drugs to achieve their ideal blood pressure numbers. The most common adverse event reported in patients treated with Widaplik was symptomatic low blood pressure.

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Hypertension Diabetes Patients Medical 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 11, 2025

In practice, doing both simultaneously can be challenging but certainly possible with some planning. First, to meet protein needs, patients can be counseled to include 30 grams of high-quality protein sources at each meal. This helps the patient know that the challenge of weight maintenance is not due to their lack of willpower.

Management 52

Management Primary Care Physicals Telehealth 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

The patients were randomly assigned to either substitute with water or continue drinking DBs for the 18-month follow-up. ” Press Release More Information Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. A total of 81 adult women with overweight or obesity (body mass index 27 to 35 kg/m 2 ) and T2D (glycated hemoglobin 6.5 versus −4.85 ± 2.07

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Diabetes Management Patients Family Practice 52

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 25, 2025

Starting next year, if a patient switches insurance plans while getting treatment, the new plan must honor the old plan’s prior authorization for at least 90 days. Insurers must provide clearer explanations when care is denied and explain how patients can appeal. More information Harvard Health has more on prior authorization.

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Insurance Patient-Centered Electronics Physicals 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: American Family Cohort, a data asset including electronic health records of 8 million patients from family practices across 50 US states. Population Studied: Patients with ≥1 visit between January 2018 and December 2019 and who remained in the cohort until at least May 2020.

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Primary Care Patients Diagnosis Family Practice 130