Publications by authors named "Thomas Herault"

Objective: For several years, both the French Addictovigilance Network and French health authorities have consistently emphasized the need to provide opioid users with take-home naloxone (THN), the specific antidote for opioid overdoses. In March 2022, the French Health Authority recommended systematically assessing the appropriateness of prescribing THN to all opioid users, regardless of the context, and identified 8 high-risk situations. However, at present, THN distribution remains limited, particularly among primary care healthcare professionals.

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Alcohol use is a leading risk factor for premature death and disability. To tackle this issue, more systematic and accurate screening for at-risk consumption is needed in healthcare systems, especially by general practitioners (GPs). We assessed the frequency of at-risk consumption screening by GPs in France.

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Introduction: In France, four health care categories ensure primary care gynecological follow-up: general practitioners (GP), medical gynecologists, obstetrician gynecologists and midwives.

Purpose Of Research: To describe private health professionals’ ensuring gynecological follow-up in Pays de la Loire (France) in 2018, as well as their respective activities.

Results: Our study population was composed of 3764 health professionals, a majority of those being GP.

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Introduction: General practitioners regularly need specialized advice for therapeutic adaptation, ECG interpretation or to facilitate referral to the local cardiologist. Tele-expertise could amplify these possibilities of coordination between professionals. An experiment in tele-expertise in cardiology was carried out by the URML in Pays de la Loire between 2016 and 2017.

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Introduction: General practitioners regularly need specialized advice for therapeutic adaptation, ECG interpretation or to facilitate referral to the local cardiologist. Tele-expertise could amplify these possibilities of coordination between professionals. An experiment in tele-expertise in cardiology was carried out by the URML in Pays de la Loire between 2016 and 2017.

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