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Showing 1 to 20 of 916 for “"Primary care"”.
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A New Vision for Primary Care: Strategic Planning with the Primary Care Coalition of Connecticut
… taking place on the future of our health care system. It is probable that there will be more health care legislation and system reform in the next several years than in any period in our history. Integration of the health care system must occur to improve accessibility, coordination, …
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Texas primary care and the Affordable Care Act : implications for the primary care physician workforce
Primary care physicians are the first point of contact for patients entering the formal health care system. A shortage of primary care physicians in the United States has left approximately 60 million people without adequate access to a physician, resulting in lowered health care outcomes and …
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Organisational developments in contemporary primary care
Organisational developments in contemporary primary care are the principal subject of the ten studies selected to support this PhD application on the basis of published works. The local practice and central policy determinants of these developments are discussed as a critical interaction, which is …
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Investigating practice variation in a changing primary care. A multilevel perspective on The Skaraborg Primary Care Database
Background and Aims: Differences in the clinical care of patients have been explained through the concept of practice variation, that is, the occurrence of established local medical procedures that varies between geographic areas. The primary measures introduced to eliminate undesirable differences …
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Characterizing and Improving Access to Primary Care for Unattached Patients: Insights from the Primary Care Diabetes Support Program
Background: The Primary Care Diabetes Support Program (PCDSP) at St. Joseph’s Health Care in London, Ontario, is an innovative program that focuses on managing diabetes in high-risk groups (e.g., socially and medically complex). The program also works to attach patients without a primary care …
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Printed Educational Materials for Primary Care Physicians
In primary care settings, primary care physicians (PCPs) commonly have multiple brief visits, often with complex patients and have little time to review the multitude of clinical evidence available that may be relevant to their patients’ needs. This dissertation examines printed educational …
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Building A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship
<p>The primary care workforce is at a critical juncture where fewer physicians are choosing primary care careers and more patients are availing themselves of outpatient care, through increased insurance coverage among other forces. With the increasing number of graduating nurse practitioners, now …
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Appointment planning and scheduling in primary care
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) puts greater emphasis on disease prevention and better quality of care; as a result, primary care is becoming a vital component in the health care system. However, long waits for the next available appointments and delays in doctors offices combined with no-shows and …
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Drug therapy - a challenge in primary care.
Introduction: Drug therapy in primary care is a broad field, with two areas previously identified as particularly challenging: treatment of the elderly and prescription of antibiotics against uncomplicated upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs). General practitioners’ (GPs’) attitudes and …
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Health Information Exchange Use in Primary Care
… over $40 billion in digitizing the health care system, yet the anticipated gains in improved care coordination, quality, and cost savings remain largely unrealized. This is due in part to limited interoperability and low rates of health information exchange (HIE) use, which can support care …
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Pediatric Weight Management in Primary Care Practice
… to be obese (CDC, 2018a). It is crucial for primary care pediatric nurse practitioners (PNPs) to screen, educate, treat and implement evidence-based interventions to decrease pediatric obesity rates. Purpose: This project examined parent and guardian knowledge of pediatric obesity and weight …
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Models for primary care residency program evaluation
… evaluation model, or template, to be used for primary care residency programs (family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, combined medicine/pediatrics).
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MGH Internal Medicine Associates : primary care redesign
Internal Medicine Associates (IMA) is the largest primary care practice at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) with over 40 attending physicians, 60 residents, and 80 support staff that deliver care to more than 30,000 patients. The IMA is structured into seven pods that act independently to serve …
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Primary care reform: international evidence and primary care doctors’ perspectives within the context of health system reform in Saudi Arabia
… of chronic diseases, inadequate access to healthcare, and health service fragmentation. The health strategy articulates a new model of care (MOC), targeting financial reform, provider reform, eHealth development, and public private partnerships. A strategic priority for the KSA health system is …
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COPD in primary care. Aspects of secondary prevention.
Contains fulltext : 71423.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Improving recognition of hypertension in pediatric primary care
… among 3- to 12-year-olds within a pediatric primary care clinic. Methods: A standardized protocol for blood pressure screening was implemented among patients aged 3 to 12 years presenting for a well-child exam. Staff training, education, and adherence reporting were also employed throughout …
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Assessing risk within primary care: Logics, contingencies, histories
… This has extended to the arena of mental health care where there is an expectation for services to assess and manage risks, and high quality clinical assessment has been re-described to incorporate risk assessment. This expectation obscures certain problems with risk assessment such as its …
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The primary care consultation in type 2 diabetes
… high rates of morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs. Multifactorial management has been shown to be effective in preventing complications and inducing remission or cure of the disease. Despite this, the rate of new cases and the overall burden of the disease remains high. There is a need, …
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Adolescent Depression Screening in the Primary Care Setting
… depression screening for adolescents in the primary care setting. The primary care setting provides opportunities for healthcare providers to screen for adolescent depression. Purpose: The purpose of the Doctor of Nursing (DNP) quality improvement project was to increase primary healthcare …
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Managing governance programmes in primary care: lessons from case studies of the implementation of clinical governance in two primary care trusts
… of clinical governance in two English Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). It presents empirical research on governance through qualitative case studies of the implementation of clinical governance arrangements within two North West PCTs, during a time of flux and change. The study is located …
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