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Translating complex clinical environments to virtual care: Standards of Care in Virtual Medicine in Canada [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Outcome Measures Definition of Virtual Medicine, Ethical, Professional and Legal Obligations, Requirements that preceded Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Establishing a Patient-Physician Relationship, During and After Engaging in Virtual Medicine, Prescribing and Authorizing.

Finance 130
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Increasing primary care capacity by adding team members [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Interprofessional team-based care can expand access to primary care, however, the relationship between interprofessional teams and their impact on primary care capacity is not well-understood. Study Design Rapid scoping review. Study Design Rapid scoping review. Results The search strategy resulted in 35 relevant studies.

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Enhancing Advanced Access in Primary Healthcare: Key Change Strategies from a Quality Improvement Initiative [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

These are related to shaping healthcare supply to patients’ demand by 1) providing an individual assessment of caseload size to all physicians and nurse practitioners (professionals with whom patients are affiliated; and 2) reinforcing communication in the appointment scheduling process.

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Facilitating Well-Being in Primary Healthcare During COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Narrative synthesis of study qualitative and quantitative outcomes yielded three recommendations: 1) prioritize organizational supports as central to provider well-being, 2) cultivate positive patient relationships to facilitate provider well-being, and 3) develop a shared framework for understanding the well-being of PHC providers.

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Patient Experience of Emergency Department Care in Newfoundland and Labrador: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Over the last decade, patient care experience in the emergency department (ED) has been subpar. Relationships and communication with staff, physical comfort, privacy, and accessibility influence the patient experience of ED care. with the latent variable, except patient experience with staff responsiveness to requests.

Finance 130
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Impact of an Intensive Primary Care Service on Health Services Utilization in a High-Utilizer Patient Population [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: High-utilizer patient populations reflect poor health for those patients and high resource use for health systems. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls. Patients in both groups averaged approximately 12 ED visits, 5.7

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Improving Patient Communication

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