May 28, 2023

Too few primary care doctors address obesity with their patients, highlighting need for weight loss tool

Too Few Primary Care Doctors Address Obesity With Their Patients, Highlighting Need for Weight Loss Tool After finding that few to no clinicians provided weight management care, researchers developed a weight loss tool called PATHWEIGH. This tool was designed to remove clinician barriers in providing patient care that addressed weight. Early success with the tool led to PATHWEIGH being implemented […]

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May 25, 2023

Artificial intelligence can help categorize and triage primary care patients with respiratory symptoms

Researchers from Iceland trained a machine learning model with artificial intelligence to triage patients with respiratory symptoms before the patients visit a primary care clinic. To train the machine learning model, the researchers used only questions that a patient might be asked about before a clinic visit. Information was extracted from 1,500 clinical text notes that included a physician’s interpretation […]

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April 30, 2023

Telephone-based health coaching did not affect postpartum weight gain

Gestational diabetes (GDM) and overweight during pregnancy are associated with increased risk for type 2 diabetes. Although postpartum weight loss can reduce diabetes risk, effective interventions are lacking – especially for Latina populations, who experience higher than average rates of GDM, overweight and chronic diabetes. In an effort to address this evidence gap, researchers from the University of California, San […]

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April 10, 2023

Survey of family physicians identifies gaps in primary care’s behavioral health integration

Survey of Family Physicians Identifies Gaps in Primary Care’s Behavioral Health Integration Researchers from the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and the University of Washington in Seattle examined the characteristics of family physicians who work collaboratively with behavioral health professionals (BHP). Prior evidence has demonstrated that integrating behavioral health into primary care can improve access to mental health care […]

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April 8, 2023

New report suggests how to improve experience for overseas nurses in UK

How the experiences of nurses recruited from overseas can be improved at a time of unprecedented demand for their services is integral to a new report led by research by the University of Huddersfield.  The report, International nurses and their initial integration into NHS England’s healthcare workforce: a population analysis, was commissioned by NHS England (North East & Yorkshire) and surveyed 655 […]

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April 5, 2023

Patients with chronic pain value empathic doctors who validate concerns and communicate clearly

Researchers measured the associations among process, outcomes and patient satisfaction within general medical care for chronic low back pain, provided through an ongoing patient-physician relationship. They also used two models to measure factors associated with patient satisfaction, including studying a subgroup of participants experiencing chronic low back pain who were being treated by the same physician for more than five […]

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March 31, 2023

Primary care program promoting senior health demonstrated acceptable reach and adoption but lacked clinical benefits

Researchers evaluated the feasibility of implementing the Health TAPESTRY (Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: STRengthening QualitY) primary care program across multiple sites, and the reproducibility of the effects found in a previous randomized controlled trial (RCT). Health TAPESTRY is aimed at helping older adults stay healthier longer. The study was a pragmatic, unblinded, six-month parallel group RCT. Eligible patients were […]

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March 28, 2023

Ending GP performance pay in Scotland linked to decline in quality of some care

Ending performance related payments for NHS GPs in Scotland was associated with a decline in the quality of some aspects of care compared with England where financial incentives have continued, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The researchers say further research is needed to better understand the full impact of withdrawal and the accompanying refocusing of quality improvement resources. The […]

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March 24, 2023

Study determines most effective ways for hospitals to reduce medication errors

A new study from researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, has shed new light on the best strategies hospitals can use for medication reconciliation, the critical and difficult task of updating and verifying a patient’s medication lists and orders, regardless of where they are in the health care system. The study, published […]

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