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A research team has produced the largest-ever dataset on general practice in New Zealand. Research leads Nicolette Sheridan, Rawiri McKree Jansen, Matire Harwood, Tim Kenealy and Tom Love report on Māori patient health outcomes in all models of general practice. They found Māori-owned and governed practices were steeped in caring for whānau and devoted more clinical time to their patients.
This is the third article in the series. Read the fourth here
Pharmacist prescribers Linda Bryant and Leanne Te Karu discuss positive polypharmacy for heart failure. Current evidence shows the intensive implementation of four medications offers the greatest benefit to most patients with heart failure, with significant reductions in cardiovascular mortality, heart failure hospitalisations and all-cause mortality
