Diabetes Follow Up – Three months or six months?April 30, 2014
 Diabetes Obes Metab. 2014 Mar 17. doi: 10.1111/dom.12288. [Epub ahead of print]: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of 3-monthly versus 6-monthly monitoring of well-controlled type 2 diabetes patients: a pragmatic randomised controlled patient-preference equivalence trial in primary care (EFFIMODI study). Wermeling PR1, Gorter KJ, Stellato RK, de Wit GA, Beulens JW, Rutten GE. In this study of […]
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Mediterranean Diet wins again!April 30, 2014
 Diabetes Care. 2014 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print] The Effects of a Mediterranean Diet on Need for Diabetes Drugs and Remission of Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Follow-up of a Randomized Trial – Esposito K1, Maiorino MI, Petrizzo M, Bellastella G, Giugliano D. There can now be little doubt that we all need to […] |
The GP as CEO – Private Health Insurance, Accountable Care Organisations and GP FederationsApril 27, 2014
 An increasing number of primary care physicians are using physician lead ‘accountable care organisations’ as a powerful opportunity to retain their autonomy and make a positive difference for their patients — as well as their practices’ bottom lines |
The Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood — Transforming Speciality Practice – NEJMApril 26, 2014
 Transforming Specialty Practice — The Patient-Centered Medical Neighborhood — NEJM The latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine has an informative article on the ‘Patient Centred Medical Neighbourhood’. The article reinforces the view of the Australian Centre for the Medical Home that the creation of a Medical Home is a necessary but not […] |
