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Community Health Information Exchange Reduces Likelihood of Re-Hospitalisations and Emergency Visits
2023 10 Feb
A team of researchers conducted a study to assess whether primary care physicians who used a community health information exchange were able to improve patient care transitions, from hospitalisation to outpatient care. Electronic health records (EHRs) are available to enhance coordination and efficiency of care, but several issues have made... Read more
General Practice Conference & Exhibition (GPCE) 2022
2022 11 Nov
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Greater Good Health Welcomes Michael Grover as Chief Financial Officer
2022 19 Jul
Grover Brings More Than a Decade of Progressive Finance Experience to the Greater Good Health Leadership Team Greater Good Health , the company redefining value-based care through the first primary care model centered around nurse practitioners (NPs), announced the addition of Michael Grover as chief financial officer (CFO). With more... Read more
CMA Health Summit Series 2022
2022 11 May
Session 1 29 March Session 2 May 11, 2022 | 12:30 to 2:00 pm ET Session 3 May 26, 2022 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET Session 4 June 8, 2022 | 6:00 to 8:30 pm ET Find CMA On Social Media Read more
Exercise Interventions Help Boost Physical Activity
2022 01 Mar
New findings published in the BMJ show that exercise interventions delivered in primary care boost levels of moderate to vigorous intensity activity in adults by an average of 14 minutes a week. This effect might seem modest, but the researchers say that even small increases in moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity are important in... Read more
Primary Care Vital for Patients With Stroke
2021 20 Jul
Stroke is a complex disease with multiple causes, treatments and consequences. The American Heart Association reports that nearly 80,000 adults in the U.S. will have a new stroke each year. Out of these, 10% will die within 30 days. Figures also show that approximately 5% of patients younger than 55 years of age at the time of stroke and 40% over 85... Read more
Executive Workshop – Value-based Primary Care - EHMA
2021 15 Feb
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Patient Safety in Primary Care: Do Clinicians and Patients View It Differently?
2020 19 Nov
New research shows that, in the primary care setting, both patients and practitioners perceive patient safety more in terms of work functions, which reflect grouping of tasks or responsibilities in delivery of care. You might also like: Future of Patient Safety: What We’ve Learned from the Pandemic In this study (Lai... Read more
New Health Care Delivery
2020 22 Oct
New care-delivery models should include screening, preventive check-ups and follow-up of patients with chronic diseases. All specialties, including radiology, need to be involved. This will involve significant investment, practice reorganisation and systems that are high-value based and patient-centred. This will require coordination and organisation... Read more
After 5pm your doc may not screen you for cancer
2019 28 May
A new study endeavoured to research whether breast and colorectal cancer screening are related to the time of day a patient visits their primary care clinician. As part of this quality improvement study shows, both clinical ordering and patient completion of cancer screening tests decreased later in the day. The study published in JAMA found that... Read more