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Reliability and Validity of a Comprehensiveness of Care Measure in Primary Care, A Case Study of the PRIME Registry [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To evaluate comprehensiveness of care measure reliability for clinicians and advanced practice practitioners (e.g. nurse practitioners and physician assistants), as well as validity of the measure and its association with poorly controlled diabetes (e.g. Hemoglobin A1C > 9.0 as a case study).

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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

Results/Findings Information management is central to health care delivery, but often not valued or actively supported. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment. Qualitative interpretation and analysis involved representatives from each stakeholder group.

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Patient experiences using primary care wait lists in Canada: A qualitative study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". Conclusion: Participants heard about the CWL through formal and informal mechanisms and recommended improving communication about CWLs and how they work. In 2019, 14.5% of Canadians (approximately 4.6

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Digitally Mediated Therapeutic Relationships in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting: Ethnographic data was collected across three primary care settings in the Greater Toronto Area and included two Family Health Teams and one Community Health Centre. Population studied: Participants included 10 primary care providers (5 physicians, 2 social workers, 1 nurse practitioner, 2 residents), 9 patients and 1 caregiver.

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Poverty screening implementation in a Canadian primary care clinic: acceptability and feasibility for patients and providers [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied The study collected data from family physicians, nurse practitioners, and adult patients of the clinic. Results are being used to determine the potential for continued and expanded screening as well as to inform changes to screening protocols. Setting The study was set at St.

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

The Physicians Foundation

Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 For more information, visit www.milbank.org. For more information, visit www.physiciansfoundation.org.

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

On a gloomy Friday in January, Johnson, a nurse practitioner who treats older adults, had a hospice consult with Ellen, a patient in her 90s in declining health. She enjoyed talking with the half dozen other residents at her adult family home in Washington state. “Hello.