Physicians reveal five strategies for handling conflicting medical guidelines
Interviews with 20 outpatient physicians identified five strategies for managing conflicting clinical practice guidelines, ranging from clinical judgment and shared ...
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WHO builds a 71-intervention rehabilitation toolkit for primary care
The WHO's Basic Package of Interventions for Rehabilitation distills 297 candidate interventions into 71 that primary care workers without rehabilitation ...
Physician-Led CBT Skills Group Eases Anxiety and Depression in Primary Care
A longitudinal cohort study found a physician-led primary care CBT skills group was associated with reduced anxiety and depression symptoms, ...
Réunion’s Monitored Chikungunya Epidemic Offers Preparedness Lessons for Europe
A Commentary on Réunion Island's intensively monitored 2024–25 chikungunya epidemic draws lessons on surveillance, healthcare surge capacity and emergency vaccine ...
AI System Splits TCM Knowledge From Expert Experience to Aid Prescribing
A modular AI system separates general Traditional Chinese Medicine knowledge from one senior practitioner's prescribing experience, scoring highest among evaluated ...
Telehealth Education Improves Health, Sleep and Resilience in Mothers of Autistic Children
A cluster-randomized trial in Iran found that eleven weekly telehealth sessions significantly improved general health, sleep quality, and resilience among ...
Self-guided app shows strong engagement in military suicide prevention trial
An ongoing randomized trial at a U.S. Army installation reports that a self-directed digital therapy adapted from an evidence-based suicide ...
Stigmatizing language found in over half of primary care patient records
A retrospective analysis of primary care electronic health records found stigmatizing language in 45.3 percent of clinical notes, with higher ...
Perceived Healthcare Barriers Show Positive Link to Family Doctor Service Knowledge in Shanghai
A cross-sectional survey of 304 Shanghai residents found that higher perceived healthcare barriers were positively associated with knowledge, attitude, and ...
Cholesterol Care Moves Past LDL as Guidelines Embrace Lifetime Risk
A new narrative review describes how 2026 lipid guidelines shift ASCVD prevention toward lifetime risk models, once-in-a-lifetime Lp(a) screening and ...
Danish GPs See Promise in AI Voice-to-Text Notes, With Conditions
A qualitative study of 18 Danish general practitioners found cautious optimism about AI voice-to-text documentation tools, contingent on accuracy, workflow ...
Fewer Than Half of Adults Hospitalized with Serious Mental Illness Saw a Primary Care Provider in the Past Year
A retrospective chart review of 278 adults hospitalized with serious mental illness found that 64.4 percent had an identified primary ...
Adjunct Therapies Tied to Higher Odds of Opioid Discontinuation in German Primary Care
A claims-data study of 94,125 German primary care patients found adjunct therapy prescriptions were associated with higher odds of opioid ...
Task-shifting in Portuguese primary care: how Via Verde Saúde staff view a fix for family doctor shortages
Interviews with 12 clinicians at Portugal's Via Verde Saúde clinic suggest task-shifting can ease family doctor shortages, though high patient ...
ARISE trial to test diabetes distress screening and care workflows in community health centers
A pragmatic cluster randomized trial will randomize 12 Midwest community health centers to a structured diabetes distress screening and intervention ...
Nationwide digital primary care platform linked to lower diabetes costs in Türkiye
A retrospective study of nearly 20,000 Turkish patients found a national digital diabetes platform was associated with lower costs and ...
Pediatricians rank top strategies for screening children for type 1 diabetes in primary care
A pre-implementation study with 29 primary care pediatricians identified highly prioritized strategies, including antibody order sets, protocols, and electronic health ...
Lifestyle CHANGE Protocol Quadruples Metabolic Syndrome Reversal in Primary Care Trial
A cluster randomized trial in Alberta primary care found patients completing the CHANGE Protocol were four times more likely to ...
Cholesterol Ratio Linked to Prediabetes in 113,795-Person Qatar Study
A cross-sectional study of 113,795 adults in Qatar found that a higher uric acid-to-HDL cholesterol ratio was independently associated with ...
Physicians and Chiropractors Value Teamwork, Yet Québec Clinics Still Rely on Informal Ties
A Québec mixed-methods study finds physicians and chiropractors in shared clinics value collaboration and report better patient care, yet cooperation ...
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