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We were inspired to become primary care physicians. Now we’re reconsidering a field in crisis

That was even after hearing the warnings: predictions of a national shortage of more than 44,000 primary care physicians (PCPs ... The much-maligned electronic health record inhibits PCPs from fully ... read more

Delivering genomic medicine in the United Kingdom National Health Service: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

We sought to assess the readiness of the United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service to implement ... Genetic testing behavior and reporting patterns in electronic medical records for physicians ... read more

Electronic Health Records and Quality of Diabetes Care

We analyzed data from a retrospective cohort of primary care practices of seven diverse ... Differences in Achievement of Composite Standards for Diabetes Care and Outcomes at Practices with ... read more

Invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to benefit Canadians

Canada should invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to improve the health of Canadians, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). "Although ... read more

A national electronic health record for primary care

The Canada Health Act states that health care should be portable — but health records are not. Despite billion-dollar efforts to promote information transfers between jurisdictions,1 sharing health ... read more

Electronic Health Records: A Promising New Way To Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Currently, a specific patient’s medical record typically resides with their primary care physician and is not always updated ... Case in point, less than one month ahead of the conference, the ... read more

Casting a Wide Net for Primary Care Research

With the advent of electronic health records (EHRs), medical ... Today, DARTNet has access to records for more than 30 million patients, pulling data from more than 7,000 primary care sites and ... read more

Predictive value of inflammatory markers for cancer diagnosis in primary care: a prospective cohort study using electronic health records

Early identification of cancer in primary ... care, which is where the initial suspicion of cancer usually arises. Studies using CPRD are reliant on the quality of data recording, but as blood test ... read more

Primary Care is an Untapped Resource for Depression Screening

“Our study provides evidence that, with a simple questionnaire, primary care doctors have a big opportunity ... the researchers analyzed electronic health records to determine whether they were ... read more

Doctors Call for Overhaul of Electronic Health Records

has found that American physicians want substantial improvements in the way electronic health records (EHRs) work. In a poll conducted online of over 500 primary care physicians (PCPs), respondents ... read more

Invest in a single national electronic health record for primary care to benefit Canadians

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