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. 2022 Sep 30;2:100176. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100176

Table 2.

Overview of themes.

Theme 1 Challenges to continued provision of care

  • Ensuring continued access to care for communities

  • Implementing infection prevention and control (IPAC) protocols

  • Expanded roles for physicians


Theme 2 Innovations to ensure continued access to primary care

  • Atypical uses of virtual technologies

  • Modifications to clinic setup, workflow, and practice


Theme 3 Impacts on communities of care

  • Reduced access to health services

  • Decreased engagement

  • Deterioration in health status

  • Inadequacies of pandemic supports


Theme 4 The toll on family physicians and primary care teams
  • Distress associated with patient and clinical experiences

  • Moral concern regarding revised pandemic procedures