Remove Medical Remove Presentation Remove Provider Remove Relationship
article thumbnail

Continuity and Relationships Among Patients, Physicians, and Care Teams (CARE PACT) [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: A patient’s relationship with their primary care physician (PCP) or advanced practice provider (APP) is instrumental in their healthcare journey. The provider-level continuity index was calculated by dividing the number of in-panel visits by the total number of visits over the last year.

article thumbnail

“The physician–patient encounter is health care’s choke point” -NEJM

A Country Doctor Writes

I thought of it the other day when I put together a presentation about Galileo’s way of interacting with patients. We provide many more services over the phone and virtually and we have a whole division for preventative care. Most medical practices are still stuck doing piecework.

Patients 130
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Power of Words, 16 Years Later

A Country Doctor Writes

There, as medical director, I had a friend and ally in the behavioral health director, and both our departments underwent years of rapid growth. The organization now employs a single psychiatric nurse practitioner for medication management. 16 years ago I was a newcomer, at age 56, in the northernmost part of Maine.

article thumbnail

Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Evidence-based strategies for increasing vaccine uptake A recent systematic review provides an overview of evidence-based strategies for increasing vaccine uptake and indicates that multi-component interventions are more effective than single-component interventions.

article thumbnail

Assessing patient experience through the attitudes and emotions expressed during medical encounters [Research methodology and instrument development]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: MEDICODE is a validated medical encounter coding system. In previous studies using MEDICODE, attitudes or emotions (A/E) were coded as present/absent. In previous studies using MEDICODE, attitudes or emotions (A/E) were coded as present/absent.

article thumbnail

Episode 181: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 9 – Moving Towards Antiracism in Medical Education

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Summary In this special episode of the Antiracism in Medicine Series, originally recorded for the 2021 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, the CPSolvers Antiracism team discusses what must be done to make medical education more antiracist. board examinations and mandated competencies).

article thumbnail

How Locum Tenens Fits Into Modern Healthcare Staffing Solutions

Barton Associates

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.