Online Consultations - general practice is primed for a fight
The first digital banking in the UK was launched in 1983, Skype turns 15 this year, but 2017 finally saw panic over the impact that online consultations may have on general practices.
In this podcast Martin Marshall, professor of healthcare improvement at University College London joins us to discuss whether video conference actually is a disruptor, or whether it’s actually the whole business model of general practice that needs to change.
Read the full analysis:
https://www.bmj.com/content/360/bmj.k1195 (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - March 28, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Should We Try to Predict Child Abuse--and Proactively Prevent It?
A New Zealand study forecast the chance that a child would suffer parental abuse. If the chance exists, should we intervene, even if an abuse event has not happened? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 23, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Parents vs Doctor: Who Is Really in Charge?
In most cases, medical treatment decisions for children are made without much conflict between parents and physicians. Sometimes, however, there is an issue. Should parental authority be overridden? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 21, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
The Physician's Role in Reporting Sexual Abuse
The sexual abuse of members of the US gymnastics team underscores why such events should be reported. Here ' s why it ' s also important to tell patients what to expect during a physical examination. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 19, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Are Physicians--Let's Face It--Getting Clinically Lazy?
Drs Vega and Faustinella discuss evidence of deteriorating history and physical exam skills in clinicians, young and old. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 16, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
A New Prostate Cancer Screening Trial--Anything to See Here?
Yet another trial on risks and benefits of widespread PSA screening. Dr Kenny Lin puts it in perspective. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 16, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Are there any smoking cessation programmes that can help adolescents to stop smoking?
The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group has produced dozens of reviews of the effects of a wide variety of interventions to help smokers quit. The reviews are updated periodically to incorporate new evidence and the second update of the review focusing on interventions for young people was published in November 2017. Lead author, Tom Fanshawe from the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences in the University of Oxford in the UK bring us up to date with the findings. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - March 14, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Listen Carefully During the Medical Interview
In this month ' s Critical Issues in Primary Care, Dr Fabrizia Faustinella describes two cases where critical listening during the patient history revealed ' red flags ' that had been previously missed. (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - March 6, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Issue 20-1 Highlights
(Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast)
Source: CNS for Primary Care Podcast - March 1, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. Source Type: podcasts
Former Aetna Medical Director Didn't Look at Medical Records
A former Aetna CMO said in his deposition that he never looked at patients ' medical records in reviewing appeals for coverage. Should there be more transparency when coverage decisions are made? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - February 28, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
Antibiotics for acute bronchitis
Acute bronchitis is one of the commonest respiratory tract infections seen by general or family practitioners, with several reviews now available in the Cochrane Library and one of these, of the effects of antibiotics, was updated in June 2017. We asked the lead author, Susan Smith, a GP from Dublin, Ireland, based at the Department of General Practice in the RCSI Medical School, to tell us what they found. (Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library)
Source: Podcasts from The Cochrane Library - February 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cochrane Source Type: podcasts
Implicit Bias: It's in All of Us
What are some strategies that can help to identify our own implicit biases and work to address them? (Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Family Medicine Podcast - February 7, 2018 Category: Primary Care Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
