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Changes in patterns and referrals of Nova Scotians seeking mental health care through 2-1-1 Referral Service [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context 2-1-1 is a designated phone help line in Canada and the US that provides referrals for individuals to local government and community-based services for a wide variety of needs, including social, health care, and mental health services. 2-1-1 Nova Scotia has operated since 2013 as a nonprofit that offers 24/7 assistance.

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AAFP Represents Members During 2025 Legislative Session

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

What Happened: The Senate Committee on Finance and Taxation Education did not meet to discuss the bill. To incentivize donations to these hospitals, the bill suggests creating a tax credit for individuals and entities to offset their state income tax liability. The 2025 Alabama Legislative Session concluded on May 14 at midnight.

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" Healthcare organizations administrative policies are just too rigid. ": why nurses leave primary and emergency care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

The individual, interpersonal, occupational, organizational and national considerations underpinning their decision to quit were analysed. Emergency nurses cited individual, interpersonal, and organizational reasons for leaving their jobs. N=35 nurses were interviewed; n=6 primary care, n=7 emergency care and n=22 from other areas.

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How Doctors Should Address Lifestyle Creep

The Motivated MD

Though I adhere to commonly agreed upon personal finance advice such as living ‘like a resident’ and well below your means, if you are overly frugal, you will deprive yourself of the enjoyment that is deserved when your income grows. Allowing ourselves to spend our hard-earned money is critical to finding happiness in our careers.

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MN Legislative Session 2025: MAFP Priorities in Senate Omnibus Bill

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

LEGISLATIVE DEADLINES REACHED We came to the end of the legislature’s third deadline last week, which means all bills with a fiscal impact in each committee needed to be voted out and sent to the Finance Committee in the Senate and the Ways and Means Committee in the House. The omnibus bill includes many of the MAFP’s priorities.

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Nurturing collaboration between non-profit organizations and primary healthcare partners: An instrumental case study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Trained staff, in sufficient numbers, who remain stable over time, also helped building relationships and trust between qualified individuals from different organizations. Objectives: To identify challenges and facilitators to collaborations between a NPO and primary healthcare partners. Study design: An instrumental case study design.

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

As I continue onward in my journey writing a physician finance guide one chapter at a time, I wanted to tackle investing. How, then, can any physician find the time to research individual companies and make educated decisions on which publicly traded businesses are undervalued? These claims are, of course, bogus. We simply cannot.

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