Patient Compliance

Part 3 of a 4 part series: But team-based care and practice assistants mean GPs have larger patient cohorts than in Canada.

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Currently, ADHD diagnoses are mostly made through cognitive and behavioural observations. However, this can be complemented—or perhaps even replaced in the future—by computational neuroscience.

Instead, the college is recommending doctors use ‘professional judgment to establish a system for triaging patients based on their health needs.’

In response to the growing willingness of patients and healthcare professionals to try non-pharmacological approaches, researchers carried out a meta-analysis of 113 randomized controlled trials.

But before we use a term, we should look at how it came to be and what it means to people.

ADEs in the outpatient setting are common, occuring in approximately 5% of patients. Of these, 22% are considered preventable.

Sometimes as a physician, you're the patient. But what can you do if things are going horribly wrong with your care and no one is listening to you?