Family Conference In Primary Care Practice

Conference formats in family practice residencies.

BACKGROUND This study was intended to establish national baseline data of the current structure of conferences at family practice residencies and to determine if there are differences in conference formats among types of residencies. METHODS An author-developed survey was mailed to 331 programs stratified by type and randomly selected. Statistical analysis included chi-square tests and non-pa...

Prolotherapy in primary care practice.

Prolotherapy is an injection-based complementary and alternative medical therapy for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Prolotherapy techniques and injected solutions vary by condition, clinical severity, and practitioner preferences; over several treatment sessions, a fairly small volume of an irritant or sclerosing solution is injected at sites on painful ligament and tendon insertions and in adja...

Improving Care for the Frail in Nova Scotia: An Implementation Evaluation of a Frailty Portal in Primary Care Practice

Background Understanding and addressing the needs of frail patients has been identified as an important strategy by the Nova Scotia Health Authority (NSHA). Primary care (PC) providers are in a key position to aid in the identification of, and response to frailty as part of routine care. Unlike singular chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension which garner a disease-based appr...

Primary Care Practice Transformation

Efficacy of Family Physician Program in Providing Primary Care in Talesh, Iran

Background The healthcare providers are always seeking improvements in the health care delivery system in order to achieve better results. Objective This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Family Physician Program (FPP) in providing primary care in Talesh, Iran. Methods This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 50 physicians working in Talesh city as family physician in 2020, and 384 p...