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Utility of telemedicine in pediatric rheumatology during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has provided an alternative to in-person visits for patients practicing social distancing and undergoing quarantine.
Ashley Perdue, Charles Mullett, Amna Umer, Paul Rosen   +3 more
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Frecuencia de consulta médica por problemas osteoarticulares en población general adulta en España. Estudio EPISER2016

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2020
Resumen: Objetivo: Estimar la prevalencia de consultas médicas por problemas osteoarticulares en población general adulta en España y su asociación con variables sociodemográficas, antropométricas y de hábitos de vida.
Daniel Seoane-Mato, Cristina Martínez Dubois, María José Moreno Martínez, Carlos Sánchez-Piedra, Sagrario Bustabad-Reyes   +4 more
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Development of office-hours use of primary health centers in the early years of the 21st century: a 13-year longitudinal follow-up study

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2022
This study, conducted in a Finnish city, examined whether a long-lasting observed trend in Finnish primary health care, namely, a decreasing rate of office-hour visits to general practitioners (GPs), would lead to reduced services for specific gender ...
Timo Kauppila, Marja Liedes-Kauppila, Mika Lehto, Katri Mustonen, Ossi Rahkonen, Marko Raina, Anna M. Heikkinen   +6 more
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Evolving health information technology and the timely availability of visit diagnoses from ambulatory visits: A natural experiment in an integrated delivery system

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2009
Background Health information technology (HIT) may improve health care quality and outcomes, in part by making information available in a timelier manner.
Brand Richard, Huang Jie, Bardach Naomi S, Hsu John   +3 more
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A Primary Care Emergency Service Reduction Did Not Increase Office-Hour Service Use: A Longitudinal Follow-up Study

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2019
This study, conducted in a Finnish city, examined whether decreasing emergency department (ED) services in an overcrowded primary care ED and corresponding direction to office-hour primary care would guide patients to office-hour visits to general ...
Mika Lehto, Katri Mustonen, Jarmo Kantonen, Marko Raina, Anna-Maria K. Heikkinen, Timo Kauppila   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reduced liver cancer mortality with regular clinic follow‐up among patients with chronic hepatitis B: A nationwide cohort study

Cancer Medicine, 2020
Background Regular clinic follow‐up is a prerequisite for optimal antiviral therapy and surveillance of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). However, adherence to regular follow‐up stays low in practice.
Jae‐Jun Shim, Gi‐Ae Kim, Chi Hyuk Oh, Jung Wook Kim, Jisun Myung, Byung‐Ho Kim, In‐Hwan Oh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

EuroEco (European Health Economic Trial on Home Monitoring in ICD Patients): a provider perspective in five European countries on costs and net financial impact of follow-up with or without remote monitoring [PDF]

, 2014
Aim: Remote follow-up (FU) of implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) allows for fewer in-office visits in combination with earlier detection of relevant findings. Its implementation requires investment and reorganization of care. Providers (physicians
Annemans, Lieven, Beeton, Ian, Broadhurst, Paul, Cross, Stephen, Fernandez-Lozano, Ignacio, Garcia, Enrique, Heidbuchel, Hein, Hindricks, Gerd, Koivisto, Ulla-Maija, Löscher, Steffen, Malinowski, Klaus, Marek, Andrea, Peinado, Rafael, Rivero-Ayerza, Maximo, Romero Garrido, Rafael F, Smala, Antje, Van Erven, Lieselot, Vijgen, Johan   +17 more
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Descriptive study of economic behavior of general practitioners in Iran: Practice income, hours of work, and patient visits

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Background: Although there is a critical need for information on economic performance of Iranian general practitioners (GPs) in health policymaking, there is not any scientific evidence in this area.
Mohsen Bayati, Arash Rashidian
doaj   +1 more source

Differences between recorded diagnoses of patients of an emergency department and office-hours primary care doctors: a register-based study in a Finnish town

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
To determine the extent to which it is possible to provide continuity of primary care for those who visit Emergency Departments (EDs) we studied how recorded diagnoses in primary care differ, depending on whether the patient is met in an ED or a primary ...
Mika Lehto, Katri Mustonen, Marko Raina, Timo Kauppila   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Panel Size, Office Visits, and Care Coordination Events: A New Workload Estimation Methodology Based on Patient Longitudinal Event Histories

MDM Policy & Practice, 2018
Background. Panel size, or the number of patients a primary care physician (PCP) and her care team can feasibly manage as part of a practice, remains a vital question in primary care. Objective.
Michael C. Rossi, Hari Balasubramanian
doaj   +1 more source