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Yahoo Finance published the article, "University of Medicine and Health Sciences Presents Primary Care Spotlight: Internal Medicine v. Family Medicine". Read the full article on Yahoo Finance @ https://hubs.la/Q02k4RCH0 Discover the crucial role primary care plays in healthcare & how these physicians advocate for their patients, offering comprehensive & continuous care. #PrimaryCare #PrimaryCarePhysician

🚑 New Systematic Review on Community Paramedics shows Big Savings! 🚑 Just read an excellent study by Matt Wilkinson‑Stokes et al. in Applied Health Economics and Health Policy: The Economic Impact of Community Paramedics Within Emergency Medical Services. See https://lnkd.in/g9yKcqUV The study shows that community paramedics can reduce emergency department (ED) transports by 50-54%, leading to significant cost savings of AU$338-1227 per attendance. These findings underscore the potential for community paramedic models to optimize EMS resources and reduce healthcare costs. Policymakers should consider these insights to enhance EMS efficiency and sustainability. #Healthcare #EMS #CommunityParamedics #HealthEconomics #PolicyImpact #CostSavings #SystematicReview

These results have been consistent in Australia since 2007 ….what is missing is a strategy of integrating community paramedics into the wider health system. A major barrier is that many do not understand what a paramedic is yet alone an extended care paramedic or community paramedic. I would love to see us all stop using EMS in our discussions about paramedics - it is a distraction. We need to find the balance between a reactive (demand management) model where case selection and genuine alternatives are absolutes versus a proactive model which has its own challenges. Great to see a health exconomic analysis to demonstrate the clear benefits of this paramedic model of care.

Dr. Maria Mathews, professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Western University, discusses the importance of primary healthcare.   Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gRGZXZSn   #CHWN #HealthWorkforce #HealthCare #CdnHealth #CdnPoli

Hosted a successful Health and Wellness Day today. Had a panel discussion honoured by Dr Faheema Parker, Dr Kate Jordaan, and Dr Mike Brown. Moderated by me. Panel discussions are one of the many approaches we can use to deliver education in an engaging way. Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital also partnered with us to make it a success. The intention is to provide comprehensive health care that goes beyond curative care but is more wholistic and primarily improves quality of life. In my professional life, I am always more inclined to educate because for me, Health Education is Medicine without Medicine. In fact, medication might not serve its intended purpose in the absence of education. I hope more clinicians take initiative to educate. #HealthEducation #Healthcare #research #Care

"The formal education of any health care provider in the US comes in, shall we say, 2 flavors. There is the didactic component and there is the clinical component. The didactic component involves facts—many facts. The clinical component involves not just the random collision but also the composition and collation of those facts, which develops a comprehensive understanding of diseases, their relative states, and how to diagnose and manage them properly. Couple this sequence of events with the fact that our understanding of the science of human health is constantly expanding, and you quickly see why we do not “do” health care, but, rather, we “practice” it. We are simply committed to a clinical lifetime of learning," writes Ben Casella, OD, FAAO, in a recent Optometry Times article. Read more: https://lnkd.in/diZmgAmQ

We recommend this in-depth Medical Economics 2024 Physicians report, which dives into key challenges practices are facing—including around their financial health. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02MZrMK0 #practicemanagement #healthcareeconomics #revenuecyclemanagement #medicalbilling

In this article, Medical Economics discusses strategies to improve healthcare in underserved, rural areas. We're no strangers to the challenges rural healthcare providers face, and we're dedicated to helping them overcome those challenges. #RuralHealth #PopulationHealth #CommunityHealth https://bit.ly/4aKDyU5

News from NZ, but seems just as relevant here: Unless we are expecting frontline clinicians to type their own letters, do the patient registrations, book appointments, do the budgets, do the HR, monitor KPIs, manage the office etc - it is essential to have "back office" staff. Many duties in healthcare service delivery are hotel/administrative... if they are cut, frontline line are unsupported as are consumers.... Our senior clinicans (whether they are medicos, nurses or allied health) can be much more impactful with the right admin/office/business support - just like in any other large business We should assign the right tasks to the most cost effective roles so that healthcare delivery is sustainable - cost effective and avoid clinical burnout!

‘Back office functionality’? According to this Surgeon: ‘Everything is grinding to a halt and it is not just the elective surgeries – even surgeries for cancer are taking too long… it’s not just a shortage of clinicians, including nurses and anaesthetists, or available beds. A lack of support staff – non-clinical roles such as clerks who book clinics – are also having an effect.’ This article speaks to the misconception that ‘frontline’ are heroes and ‘back office’ are nice to have. It’s time we altered this rhetoric to view the health system as team work and focus upon how the team functions as a whole to produce efficiency.