Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

PURPOSE This study aimed to examine the approaches general practitioners (GPs) use to respond to the treatment burden faced by people with type 2 diabetes. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed 29 videos of GP-patient consultations in an academic general practice clinic in China.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician GP General Practitioner Diabetes 130

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 10, 2025

So let’s see what the ideal scenario would look like, and how the digital health revolution could contribute to this issue if healthcare systems, doctors, patients, and regulators were to embrace these innovations. Overall, being considerably above the ideal weight influences the quality of living, such as sleeping or moving.

General Practitioner 72

General Practitioner GP Healthcare Provider 72

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.

GP 86

GP Patients Management Hospital 86

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Continuity of care between a patient and their primary care practitioner (PCP) is a cornerstone of primary care (PC) and is associated with many positive health outcomes. Many proposed methods for measuring continuity utilize an aggregation of patient visits. These patients had 54% of 2019 visits with their PCP.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: General practitioners (GP’s), test developers, specialists in SC, and methodologists from in- and outside the Netherlands. The first part asks future users to describe the diagnostic situation, e.g. the target patient population, differential diagnoses and potential for improvement in the diagnostic pathway.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care General Practitioner GP Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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. Setting: One RCT was performed in PC and the other RCT was performed in a hospital setting including secondary and tertiary care patients.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care General Practitioner GP Diagnosis 130

Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

A new study by Western Sydney University researchers has found that a short 15–20 minute discussion between a local endocrinologist and general practitioner (GP) in Sydney's south west is improving the care of people with complex type 2 diabetes.

Diabetes 67

Diabetes General Practitioner GP Management 67

Medical Xpress

APRIL 4, 2023

Researchers calculating the cost/savings to Medicare from General Practitioner (GP) billing practices, according to the length of the consultation itself, have found that GPs frequently undercharge Medicare for patient consultations.

General Practitioner 71

General Practitioner GP Consulting Patients 71

Aspiring Minority Doctor

APRIL 18, 2021

The umbrella of protection that residency provides is no longer available, and you have to be able to make quick decisions on your feet and balance a large number of patients in a given shift. It would also be possible to go into concierge medicine and focus on VIP patients.

GP 52

GP Medical Student Insurance General Practitioner 52

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

JULY 4, 2024

I had been showered with gifts and cakes from work colleagues, as I prepared to do a little job-crafting and switch back to more GP-ing and less laptopping. Poor divil had got me confused with another non-miracle patient. Life was good and I was in control. Well, clever clogses, you guessed it. It was of course true.

GP 100

GP Families Family IT 100

GeriPal

JULY 19, 2024

What hasn’t been shown, Eric, is that if you apply tools like this, clinical outcomes down the road are better for patients. They’re dedicated, committed, they’re there for their patients and they understand it’s really important. And what I’m sensitive to is the fact that, you know, it’s important.

Screening 120

Screening Primary Care Patient-Centered IT 120

Mesa Family Physician

JUNE 24, 2025

While many patients are familiar with terms like “family doctor” or “primary care,” the field of internal medicine often raises questions: What exactly does an internist do? Family doctor (GP) : Trained to care for patients of all ages—children, adults, and elderly—often including some women’s health and minor procedures.

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine GP Family Doctor Primary Care 130

Noreta Family Medicine

APRIL 17, 2024

Therefore, family physicians are trained to do minor surgical procedures in the office, care for kids and adults, provide various GYN services, among many other comprehensive services for patients. I love family medicine because as family physicians, we can be trained to provide care for patients in many different settings.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified GP Family Physician 52

Adventures of a Sick Doctor

MARCH 24, 2020

We know that those who work closely with sick patients are more likely to get severe illness than those who work more peripherally in the hospital. Ideally, every encounter between a healthcare professional and a patient right now would be carried out in the correct PPE. Surely there's no need to go wasting precious resources for that?

Healthcare 100

Healthcare Hospital GP Healthcare Professional 100

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

More GPs = Higher Life Expectancy Did you know that people in areas with more GPs live longer ? Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually. 11 , 13 Over time, GPs come to know their patients well.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family GP 130

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

doi: 10.1136/fmch-2021-001143 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in profound changes in patient and prescriber behaviour. In the United Kingdom (UK), primary care practitioners are the first-line clinicians which most patients encounter, providing initial assessment and treatment of a wide variety of conditions.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination 40