Fewer GP appointments and the COVID lockdown have exacerbated declining continuity of care in English general practices.
Jun 25, 2024
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If all GP practices moved to a model where patients saw the same doctor at each visit, it could significantly reduce doctor workload while improving patient health, a study suggests.
Feb 23, 2024
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Ph.D. student Janine Westendorp and her colleagues conducted literature research on what patients with cancer and their loved ones perceive as harmful communication from health care providers. The results were published in ...
Jan 23, 2024
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After a hospitalization, home health care enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their own home. Nurses visit patients there to provide care with the goal of keeping them at home, given that hospital ...
Aug 10, 2023
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People caring for family members at home (family caregivers) face more substantial psychological and physical challenges than non-caregivers. Therefore, health care professionals should pay attention to the stress of family ...
Jun 26, 2023
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In this systematic review, the authors summarized the wide range of peer-reviewed literature that links continuity of the doctor-patient relationship to health care costs and care utilization. This information is important ...
May 23, 2023
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Exploring cultural reforms to help improve health outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and their babies is the focus of new research from Flinders University and the Women's and Children's Health Network.
Feb 16, 2023
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For years, American cities and towns have struggled with how to address those living on their streets who suffer from mental illness but refuse treatment. New York City Mayor Eric Adams' controversial new plan to make it ...
Dec 9, 2022
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La Trobe University researchers surveyed 1,016 midwives and 38 managers—representing 20% of the state's midwifery workforce and more than 50% of managers across the state.
Dec 7, 2022
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A study of more than one million Medicaid beneficiaries has found that more than half were enrolled in Medicaid for at least a decade and experienced substantial lapses in coverage. The authors recommend that, based on this ...
Dec 5, 2022
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