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Primary Care Provider Perspectives at an Academic Medical Center: Are Telemedicine Visits as Effective as In-person Care? [Survey research or cross-sectional study]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: As academic medical centers purposefully integrate telemedicine visits into primary care, efficacy studies are needed to appropriately guide resource allocation and triage processes. Population Studied: 87 primary care providers, including family physicians, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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Early Prevention of Critical Illness in Older Adults: Adaptation and Pilot Testing of an Electronic Risk Score and Checklist [Geriatrics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: The study was conducted at a family medicine clinic in Kasson, MN with approximately 11,600 empaneled patients, 36 physicians (including 27 physicians in training), 2 nurse practitioners, and 26 nurses. Intervention/Instrument: Elders Risk Assessment (ERA) index and CERTAIN-FM.

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Telehealth vs In-Person Palliative Care: A Podcast with Joseph Greer, Lynn Flint, Simone Rinaldi, and Vicki Jackson

GeriPal

Alex 01:43 And we have Simone Rinaldi, who’s a palliative care nurse practitioner and director of nursing for the MGH Division of Palliative Care and Geriat ric medicine. Eric 37:42 We did a massive switch to telemedicine. Joe, welcome to the GeriPal Podcast. Joe 01:42 Thanks so much for having me.