Direct-to-consumer telemedicine in primary care settings: A scoping review of contemporary empirical literature.

Background And Objectives: This study comprehensively reviews the contemporary empirical literature on direct-to-consumer (DTC) telemedicine services within primary care.

Method: MEDLINE, Embase and SCOPUS were strategically searched and screened. Data on the modality of consultations, population of focus, condition of focus and treatment of focus were extracted, narratively synthesised and tabulated.

Learning health systems on the front lines to strengthen care against future pandemics and climate change: a rapid review.

Background: An essential component of future-proofing health systems against future pandemics and climate change is strengthening the front lines of care: principally, emergency departments and primary care settings. To achieve this, these settings can adopt learning health system (LHS) principles, integrating data, evidence, and experience to continuously improve care delivery. This rapid review aimed to understand the ways in which LHS principles have been applied to primary care and emergency departments, the extent to which LHS approaches have been adopted in these key settings, and the factors that affect their adoption.

Barriers and facilitators to learning health systems in primary care: a framework analysis.

Background: The learning health system (LHS) concept is a potential solution to the challenges currently faced by primary care. There are few descriptions of the barriers and facilitators to achieving an LHS in general practice, and even fewer that are underpinned by implementation science. This study aimed to describe the barriers and facilitators to achieving an LHS in primary care and provide practical recommendations for general practices on their journey towards an LHS.

Factors influencing early presentation to general practitioners for non-screen detected breast cancer.

Background And Objectives: Women living in rural Australia have worse survival rates for breast cancer compared with their urban counterparts. Identifying factors that contribute to delayed presentation could help to reduce this disparity. This study aimed to identify and explore the differences in help-seeking behaviours between rural and urban women with non-screen-detected breast cancer.