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Utilization of Treatment for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in the Primary Care Setting Using the American Family Cohort [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: A retrospective cohort from 2018-2022. Setting or Dataset: Electronic health records from the PRIME Registry, years 2018-2022. Efforts are needed to develop management plans for better quality of STI-related care and health equity.

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Do Wellness Interventions During Residency Impact Burnout of Family Physicians 3 Years into Practice? [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Setting or Dataset: 2018 Council of Academic Family Medicine Education Research Alliance (CERA) survey of program directors matched to 2021 National Graduate Survey data of 2018 residency graduates. Analyses consisted of descriptive statistics and bivariate and multivariate analyses.

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The Impact of Integrated Care on Healthcare Utilization and Costs: Evidence from the Kansas Health Homes Medicaid Program [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

These individuals are often high utilizers of health care services, with some of the costliest services being hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits. A difference-in-differences (DID) approach was used to compare outcomes in two groups: Medicaid beneficiaries assigned to KHH and those who were not.

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Delivery of healthcare provider’s lifestyle advice and lifestyle behavioural change in adults who were overweight or obese in pre-diabetes management in the USA NHANES (2013–2018)

BMJ

People who are overweight or obese represent a high-risk population in prediabetes management. Did doctors deliver advice on lifestyle change to the overweight and obese population adequately in prediabetes management? People could get knowledge of prediabetes and lifestyle management from various sources to develop self-awareness.

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Implementation of Combined PCBH and CCBHC Models: Key Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Enhance Care Coordination Across Both Models Establish workflows that integrate care coordination efforts between PCBH teams and CCBHC case managers to ensure smooth transitions between brief interventions in primary care and longer-term behavioral health services when necessary. References Reiter, J. Dobmeyer, A. C., & Hunter, C.

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The utilization patterns and impact of the Stanford Chronic Pain Self-Management Program in Eastern Ontario, Canada [Pain management]

Annals of Family Medicine

One potential solution is to facilitate patient access to programs that develop skills and confidence in managing their own care. The program explores themes such as sleep, managing difficult emotions, exercise, relaxation techniques, decision-making, problem-solving, and creating concrete action plans.

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Prevalence and management of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice

Canadian Family Physician

Objective To explore the prevalence of symptom diagnoses in children in general practice and the management strategies performed by GPs. Future research should focus on which children are at risk of developing persistent symptom diagnoses and how to manage them. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting The Netherlands.