EHR Copy and Paste Can Get Physicians Into Trouble EHR Copy and Paste Can Get Physicians Into Trouble
Physicians can face serious consequences, including lost hospital privileges, if they overuse copy-paste functions in electronic health records.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Northern Ireland shifts all vasectomy services to general practice
Northern Ireland has moved all vasectomy services out of hospital and into general practice on a permanent basis - shifting around an extra £500m into primary care. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 11, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Northern Ireland Source Type: news
D-Mannose as UTI Treatment Offers No Benefit D-Mannose as UTI Treatment Offers No Benefit
The dietary supplement D-mannose performed similarly to a placebo among women with recurrent urinary tract infections.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Clinical Summary Source Type: news
Managing CKD in Primary Care: Latest Guidelines Managing CKD in Primary Care: Latest Guidelines
An explosion of new treatments can stave off the need for dialysis in many patients with CKD.Medscape Family Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Commentary Source Type: news
NICE backs first oral treatment to prevent chronic and episodic migraines
Draft guidance from NICE backs the first oral treatment for prevention of chronic and episodic migraines in a move that could benefit around 170,000 people in England. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Clinical News Source Type: news
Community mental health nurses in GP practices ‘significantly improves’ patient wellbeing
Having community mental health nurses based at GP practices can significantly improve patient health outcomes, a new study has suggested. The research from Staffordshire University is based on anonymised data of more than 1,500 patients at a primary care mental health service in North Staffordshire. Patients in the study were treated over a period of... Read moreThe post Community mental health nurses in GP practices ‘significantly improves’ patient wellbeing appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 10, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Madeleine Anderson Tags: Latest news Source Type: news
BMA demands government review into GP unemployment crisis
The BMA has called for a government review to investigate why practices can ’t afford to hire GPs, leaving thousands without enough work. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 10, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
Joliet, IL's, Premier Urgent and Primary Care Professionals at Primary Care Joliet Recognized as a 2024 Top Patient Rated Doctor
Primary Care Joliet delivers a new level of individualized medicine, striving to provide attentive, urgent, and quality primary care in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere. JOLIET, Ill., April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The medical staff at this state-of-the-art practice delivers a wide... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 10, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD Source Type: news
Evolution of depressive symptoms among depression subtypes of clinical and functional variables in primary care in Chile - Vitriol V, Cancino A, Bustamante C, Aylwin ML.
OBJECTIVE: To compare the evolution of depressive symptoms among depressive subtypes based on clinical and functional variables in a sample of primary care in Chile. METHODS: A longitudinal study was conducted in the Maule Region of Chile, focusing... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 10, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
' No Pulse': An MD's First Night Off in 2 Weeks Turns Grave'No Pulse': An MD's First Night Off in 2 Weeks Turns Grave
An ICU physician on a night out with friends suddenly found himself working a cardiac arrest in a dark club, music pounding and people crowding.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
A Few Phrases I Never Say to Patients
(MedPage Today) -- The most famous rule about the practice of medicine is to "First, do no harm."
The reality is that we do harm all the time, but with good reason. The rule should be more like, "Do no net harm." But even that wouldn't be enough... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Bartering to Settle Medical Bills? Ethicist Says Yes Bartering to Settle Medical Bills? Ethicist Says Yes
Ethicist Art Caplan discusses whether it ' s ethical for patients to do work for doctors to pay off their bills.Medscape Business of Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Commentary Source Type: news
Super-partnership wins APMS deal in 'litmus test' for shift to large providers
A practice that handed back its contract because of financial pressure is to be taken over by a 450,000-patient 'super-partnership' in a move GPs say reflects the direction of travel for general practice amid chronic underfunding. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: GP contracts Source Type: news
Practice builds Pharmacy First appointments into daily rota to maximise impact
A GP practice has built Pharmacy First appointment slots into its daily rota to try to maximise the scheme's impact on practice workload. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - April 9, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news
AI Provides Mostly Accurate Answers to Primary Care Questions
TUESDAY, April 9, 2024 -- A significant proportion of artificial intelligence (AI) responses to primary care-related questions are " accurate with missing information, " according to a study recently published online in the American Journal of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
