2016, DO and Families - Primary Care Digest

Changes in Family Medicine Department Research Funding Between 2016 and 2021 [Research capacity building]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In 2016 and 2021, ADFM sent out a survey to departments of Family Medicine to understand research activities. Objective Identify changes in research capacity of family medicine departments between the years of 2016 and 2021. Study Design Secondary data analysis.

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Improving Scholarship in a Community Hospital Residency Program with a Curriculum featuring a Structured Roadmap, Indi [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This study aims to evaluate the impact of implementing a structured roadmap to enhance resident scholarly activity within a specific family medicine residency program. Scholarly output of residents graduating between 2016-2018 (pre-intervention) was compared to those graduating from 2019 -2021 (post-intervention).

Education

Education DO Family Medicine Community

Association between family medicine residents practice intentions and their initial professional activities [Secondary data analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Amidst the ongoing crisis in family medicine (FM) in Canada, there is an increased need to gauge the future practice patterns of family physicians (FPs). The FM Longitudinal Survey data can serve as a valuable source for forecasting the future scope of family practice and help enhance health workforce planning.

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DO Family Medicine Family Families

Preventing Blood Pressure Misdiagnosis: Arm Position & Cuff Size

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 25, 2025

A systematic review ( BMJ Open 2016 ) of 20 studies examined the accuracy of blood pressure measurements in obese adults with large upper arm circumferences. Der Beitrag Preventing Blood Pressure Misdiagnosis: Arm Position & Cuff Size erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

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DO Family Medicine Patients Family

Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Identify practice patterns of family physicians practicing within boutique clinics in Ontario. All fee-for-service physicians who billed at least 1 OHIP claim from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 and from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 under their clinic group codes were included. Study Design and Analysis.

Clinic

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care

Time to obtain ethics approval and sites authorization for research in the Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) [Observational study (cohort, case-control)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) is ongoing in 29 Family Medicine Groups (FMG) across Québec.

Primary Care

Primary Care DO Family Medicine Family

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

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

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.

Family Physician

Family Physician Family Families Board-Certified

Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Drug reimbursement claims were used to identify periods of overlapping exposure to 2 or more prescription drugs between April 1, 2015 and March 31, 2016. of all prescriptions claimed were issued by a family physician. Study design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort study using provincial administrative health databases.

Family Physician

Family Physician Community Insurance Consulting

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023.

Mental Health

Mental Health Internal Medicine DO Family Medicine

Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Larger companies now dominate the healthcare landscape, yet through innovation and a dedication to exceptional patient care, Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. Family Physicians of St. From the time of its inception until October 2017, Family Physicians of St. Joseph has succeeded in doing just that.

Family Physician

Family Physician Family Families Primary Care

Dr. Paul Thomas is a Proud Graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2013

Plum Health

MAY 11, 2023

Thomas graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine in 2013 - thereafter, he completed his residence at Oakwood/Beaumont Family Medicine Residency Program, and then started Plum Health DPC in November 2016. Time flies when you’re practicing medicine - the days are long but the years are short.

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DO Family Medicine Community Education

Pacific communities co-designing and leading interventions to prevent gout and rheumatic fever in New Zealand [Community based participatory research]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ.

Community

Community General Practitioner Primary Care Consulting

HPV Vaccine Secondary Acceptance: Turning No into a Yes! [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective cohort analysis of electronic health record data and chart review with chi square testing of the association of secondary acceptance of the HPV vaccine with child, clinician, healthcare processes.

Vaccination

Vaccination DO Family Medicine Primary Care

Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. Health Survey for England 2016: Prescribed Medicines.; doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000780 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of death from non-communicable disease in the world.

Primary Care

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic

Primary Care Digest

Changes in Family Medicine Department Research Funding Between 2016 and 2021 [Research capacity building]

Improving Scholarship in a Community Hospital Residency Program with a Curriculum featuring a Structured Roadmap, Indi [Education and training]

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Association between family medicine residents practice intentions and their initial professional activities [Secondary data analysis]

Preventing Blood Pressure Misdiagnosis: Arm Position & Cuff Size

Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Time to obtain ethics approval and sites authorization for research in the Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) [Observational study (cohort, case-control)]

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

Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Risking It All For a New Business Model at Family Physicians of St. Joe

Dr. Paul Thomas is a Proud Graduate of Wayne State University School of Medicine Class of 2013

Pacific communities co-designing and leading interventions to prevent gout and rheumatic fever in New Zealand [Community based participatory research]

HPV Vaccine Secondary Acceptance: Turning No into a Yes! [Child and adolescent health]

Do statins reduce mortality in older people? Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records

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