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Using a typology to understand and address primary care administrative workload in Atlantic Canada [Practice management and organization]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting and Population Studied Interviewees were primary care providers and administrative staff representing a range of payment models, a variety of clinic models, from both urban and rural locations in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Within primary care most administrative work requires both information management and clinical judgment.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Diminishing Workforce: Primary care clinician shortages worsen access to care The number of primary care clinicians, including physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs), decreased from 105.7 Oregon also ranks highest in primary care spending for Medicaid (8.2%) and Medicare (6.4%). per 100,000 in 2022.

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Need to See a Doctor Fast? Here’s How Urgent Care Could Save Your Day

Plum Health

Urgent care centers are often staffed with experienced doctors, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants who are fully equipped to handle a wide range of medical issues. At urgent care, we were able to assess her situation, provide a short-term prescription, and refer her to follow-up care with a mental health professional.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

Today we are delighted to welcome from the East Coast, we have Nadine Carter, who’s a nurse practitioner who spent seven years in outpatient endocrinology and is now a hospice and palliative care fellow at Dartmouth Health and instructor at Dartmouth. Eric: Maybe everybody who gets admitted in a nursing home, just boom, CGM.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Meg is a researcher and professor of Gerontological Nursing and a Geriatric Nurse Practitioner in the School of Nursing at UCSF. COVID-19, masks, and hearing difficulty: Perspectives of healthcare providers. So this is a podcast going at the geriatricians and palliative care providers. Alex: Great story.

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Hematology Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

Upgrades to the ABIM website and Physician Portal for 2025, designed to make it easier for both physicians and the public to find information. Advanced Practice Providers in the Hematology-Oncology Workforce* Guinevere Z. The group discussed policy shifts and potential implications for graduate medical education and health equity.

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law Blog

As explained more fully below, CDC concedes that states, insurers, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers have implemented laws, regulations and policies that have misapplied the 2016 guideline. We believe the proposed 2022 guideline provides much needed clarification of CDC’s recommendations for both practitioners and regulators.