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General Practitioners' perceptions of the route to evidence-based medicine: a questionnaire survey [PDF]

, 1998
Objectives: To determine the attitude of general practitioners towards evidence based medicine and their related educational needs. Design: A questionnaire study of general practitioners.
Field, Jenny, McColl, Alastair, Smith, Helen, White, Peter   +3 more
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A national model of remote care for assessing and providing opioid agonist treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report

Harm Reduction Journal, 2020
Background Health services globally are struggling to manage the impact of COVID-19. The existing global disease burden related to opioid use is significant.
Des Crowley, Ide Delargy
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Utility of noninvasive methods for the characterization of nonalcoholic liver steatosis in the family practice. The “VARES” Italian multicenter study

Annals of Hepatology, 2013
The diagnostic utilities of ultrasonography (US), fatty liver index (FLI) and an algorithm of nine serum markers (Fibromax) were evaluated in family practice to noninvasively characterize patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
Ignazio Grattagliano, MD., Enzo Ubaldi, Luigi Napoli, Carlo Fedele Marulli, Cristina Nebiacolombo, Carmelo Cottone, Piero Portincasa   +6 more
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How COVID-19 has affected general practice consultations and income: general practitioner cross-sectional population survey evidence from Ireland

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives How general practice is delivered in many countries has drastically changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to answer the question of how general practice has changed in Ireland in response to COVID-19.Design The Irish College ...
Robyn Homeniuk, Claire Collins
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Qualitative study of pilot payment aimed at increasing general practitioners' antismoking advice to smokers [PDF]

, 2001
OBJECTIVES: To elicit general practitioners' and practice nurses' accounts of changes in their clinical practice or practice organisation made to claim a pilot health promotion payment.
Cheater, F., Coleman, T., Stevenson, K., Wynn, A.T.   +3 more
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Does patient self-management education of primary care professionals improve patient outcomes: a systematic review

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Patient self-management support is recognised as a key component of chronic care. Education and training for health professionals has been shown in the literature to be associated with better uptake, implementation and effectiveness of self ...
Andree Rochfort, Sinead Beirne, Gillian Doran, Patricia Patton, Jochen Gensichen, Ilkka Kunnamo, Susan Smith, Tina Eriksson, Claire Collins   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Unfulfilled Potential of Data-Driven Decision Making in Agile Software Development [PDF]

, 2019
With the general trend towards data-driven decision making (DDDM), organizations are looking for ways to use DDDM to improve their decisions. However, few studies have looked into the practitioners view of DDDM, in particular for agile organizations.
A Cockburn, A Gelman, A Magazinius, A Milne, B Carpenter, C Robson, C Wohlin, CLP Chen, F Provost, JA Gliner, JW Creswell, K Petersen, K Wnuk, M Daneva, M Janssen, NB Moe, W Maalej   +16 more
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Adjuvanted versus nonadjuvanted influenza vaccines and risk of hospitalizations for pneumonia and cerebro/cardiovascular events in the elderly

Expert Review of Vaccines, 2019
Background: The higher effectiveness of MF59®-adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine (MF59-TIV) vs. nonadjuvanted TIV in preventing influenza-related hospitalizations was found considering few influenza seasons, local and heterogeneous settings.
Francesco Lapi, Ettore Marconi, Monica Simonetti, Vincenzo Baldo, Alessandro Rossi, Aurelio Sessa, Claudio Cricelli   +6 more
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Assessing patient satisfaction with a microsuction service in general practice: a comparative study

BJGP Open, 2019
Background: In the UK, about 2.3 million people each year require intervention for wax impaction, while otitis externa accounts for just over 1% of general practice consultations.
Ruairi Hasson, Eoin McDermott, Karena Hanley, Camilla Carroll, Claire Collins   +4 more
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A powerful intervention: general practitioners' use of sickness certification in depression [PDF]

, 2012
<b>Background</b> Depression is frequently cited as the reason for sickness absence, and it is estimated that sickness certificates are issued in one third of consultations for depression. Previous research has considered GP views of sickness
A Mowlam, B Antony, C Black, C Farrell, C Mallen, C Shiels, CA Chew-Graham, D Cohen, G Wynne-Jones, J Hiscock, J Hisock, J Vahtera, Jill Morrison, JM Corbin, JR Jones, K Ashby, Livanos & Zangelidis, M Balint, M Dollard, M Gabbay, MA Buist-Bowman, Margaret Maxwell, Matt Sutton, MB Gabbay, Michael Smith, P Butterworth, Philip Wilson, S Hussey, S Macdonald, S Nandy, Sara Macdonald, T O’Dowd, U Kelle, Will Whittaker   +33 more
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