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Describing Differences Across Place and Provider in Canadian Team-Based Care Settings Using Electronic Health Records [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Community Health Centres (CHCs) provide TBC for both urban and rural populations with barriers to care in Ontario, Canada, and they share a common electronic health record (EHR) system that records codes assigned by providers during an encounter. This dataset comes from 59 CHCs across Ontario, Canada.

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Family physicians perform high-quality colonoscopies, but access is an issue

Common Sense Family Doctor

But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021. The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) maintains that clinical privileges should be based on documented training and experience rather than the physician’s specialty.

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Understanding the care for older people in rural China: The role of primary care providers as "the third sphere" [Global health]

Annals of Family Medicine

To address this crisis, China has launched the National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) program in 2009, which includes several elderly care initiatives. Setting: Community Y is a typical rural community in Northern China with a population of around 3,000 (≥ 50% of the population aged 65 and older).

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Is Rural Residence a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth in Iowa? [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. Instrument: Data was extracted from a detailed database of deliveries from May 2009 to the present. Conclusions: Rural residence was a RF for sPTB in this Iowa community. Female sex of the baby (aOR, 0.79; 95% CI, 0.67-0.94)

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