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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In the post-discharge period from hospital acute inpatient care, the older patient is at risk from a lack of joined-up care. Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JANUARY 27, 2025

It messes a bit with my thoughts about returning to active duty as a GP. For the moment, I am delighted to keep working with the wonderful people in the National Screening Service, while the wonderful people in the Mercy University Hospital are still working to keep me alive and well. It's fine, like. I will have to ponder that.

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GP Specialization Screening IT

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma but are often irregular and inconsistent

Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma; however, they are often irregular and inconsistent leading to an increase in hospital readmissions, new research has found.

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GP Asthma Hospital

Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 22, 2025

At 30 days, mortality was 1.0%, Emergency Department (ED) visits were 6.9%, hospitalization was 6.6%, and NH admission was 4.0%. Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days. Most individuals retained functional independence for up to 6 months following a community-based CGA.

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A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is not clear which children are referred and what the differences are between PC and hospital care populations. Insight in patient characteristics in both settings might invite to reflect upon referral strategies of general practitioners (GPs) and interpretation of study results from hospital care.

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 14, 2025

Antidepressants were frequently prescribed to older nursing home residents with dementia, a neurological disorder, despite limited clinical benefit and substantial risk of side effects. Researchers conducted a retrospective study to examine the impact of a multifaceted intervention targeting nursing home general practitioners (GP) and their collaboration (..)

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Pilot trial tracks measurement of blood oxygen levels managed by COVID-19 patients at home

Medical Xpress

MAY 10, 2023

A study conducted by UMC Utrecht during the pandemic showed that patients can easily perform oxygen measurements themselves at home, they felt safe doing so and the number of GP or hospital visits did not increase.

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GP Patients Management Hospital

Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

There is also the option of electronic health record (EHR) training and support work where you would travel to various hospitals/clinics around the country and train individuals on how to use EMR systems. This would require relocating and I am not aware of how much it pays.

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Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

So we measure things like hospitalizations and ed visits and the like, and those data are a bit weaker, but they’re also, you know, I think they need to be contextualized in what, why we would even want to reduce hospitalizations right. But something like the GP Cog or 88 are options as well. Why would we want to?

Screening

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT

One I prepared earlier

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JUNE 5, 2021

But I thought about my friends and colleagues, my daily contacts and the faceless names on the hospital letters, and I thought about the pain and hurt in each of their hearts. My wonderful GP has died, but I am building a relationship with my new one. Of course I knew all of this to be true.

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GP Screening Mental Health IT

What is primary care? Part 2

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Some family doctors work in a residency training program where they may see patients in the hospital, out of the hospital, and deliver babies. Is a General Physician (GP) the same as a Family Physician (FP)? A general physician (GP) is not the same as a family physician (FP).

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Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician

Over The Top

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

MARCH 24, 2020

These are the fears of the medical community, and they relate not just to the likelihood that our hospitals and clinics will soon be flooded with people, but that the staff working in those hospitals will be washed away, trampled over or blasted apart by the illness itself. Or not wearing any protective gear at all?

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8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

GPs Are the Backbone of Effective Healthcare Systems Countries with a stronger focus on primary care and family medicine, rather than on hospitals and specialists, enjoy better health, 1 , 2 lower health inequalities, 2 , 3 and prevent hospitalizations. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.

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Developing an intervention to assist older patients communication with their GP practice after discharge from hospital [Community based participatory research]

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Frequent GP visits improve health outcomes for children with asthma but are often irregular and inconsistent

Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

A comparison of children with functional abdominal pain and irritable bowel syndrome in primary care and secondary care [Child and adolescent health]

Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Pilot trial tracks measurement of blood oxygen levels managed by COVID-19 patients at home

Didn’t Match into Residency.What are Some of my Options?

Screening for Dementia: A Podcast with Anna Chodos, Joseph Gaugler and Soo Borson

One I prepared earlier

What is primary care? Part 2

Over The Top

8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

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