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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.

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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. Context Over 6.5 million adults in Canada do not have a family doctor or nurse practitioner.

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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

Additionally, promoting care continuity via 7) dedicated urgent care slots and 8) optimizing trainee supervision in teaching FMGs bolstered patient-provider relationships while ensuring consistent and relevant care.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

Clear communication was then essential not only for aligning visions, but also for building healthy interpersonal relationships and mutual trust, key to successful collaborations. Conclusions: Intersectoral collaboration between NPOs and primary healthcare partners raised many challenges.

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Are Community-Based Residency Programs Located in High-Need Areas? [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective(s): This research explores the relationship between CBRP location and high-need areas, defined as counties with consistently low rates of primary care physician capacity. Previous research identified high-need counties based on consistently low primary care physician capacity.

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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

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

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