The Health Policy Exchange

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Our residency, formerly a collaboration with Providence Hospital, is now known as the Medstar Health/Georgetown-Washington Hospital Center Family Medicine Residency Program. What hasn't changed is that our family medicine residents remain excited about health policy and advocacy. Phillips, Jr.

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Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results Overall, there was an increase in the prevalence of HPV vaccination from 2018 to 2019. In 2019, the Western region showed higher odds of vaccination compared to the Northeast (West: aOR = 1.12, 95% CI= (0.9,1.39).

Insurance 130

Insurance Vaccination Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

ECHO Concussion was launched in 2019 to teach clinicians a comprehensive approach to concussion diagnosis and management. Results From November 2019 to June 2024, 636 clinicians attended ECHO Concussion sessions. The qualitative descriptive approach was used to inductively code FGD transcripts. 11 (9%) participated in FGDs.

Management 130

Management Education Illness Chronic Condition 130

Family Medicine Initiative

MAY 7, 2025

While a 2019 review involving 165 patients showed that oral antibiotics were prescribed in 57% of cases, the MSD Manual and Penninger & Fowler’s (4 th Edt) recommend routine antibiotic use only in immunocompromised patients or contaminated wounds.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician DO Family Medicine Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients with AKI discharged from AMCs in the US from October 2019 to December 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023). Mixed models were used for analysis.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Patients Medical Diagnosis 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

UK National Screening Committee (2019): “Screening is not currently recommended for this condition.” erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. USPSTF Update (2022): “The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for AF.”

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Screening DO Family Medicine Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis This study utilized data from NHANES 2011-2019 to calculate two ASCVD risk scores for each eligible individual: one using the race-based PCE and the other using the race-agnostic PREVENT equation. Each individual was separated into clinically significant risk categories of <7.5%, 7.5-10%, 10%, and >10%.

Individual 130

Individual Utilities Clinic Provider 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

mg or placebo in 2019. 15 Also, a systematic review (2019) of 50,452 diabetes patients did not show a statistically significant increase of the overall cancer risk (OR 1.04; 95% CI: 0.94 Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. semaglutide 1.0

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Medical DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset Data were collected in two Canadian provinces (QC and BC) from 2019 to 2022. Study Design and Analysis This instrument development study is a secondary analysis using data from a prospective, open-label, multicenter randomized trial. Population Studied Pregnant women aged 19 and older.

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Screening Patients Healthcare Professional Healthcare 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design, setting, population Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews with 32/326 Ontarians participating in the ARC-211 randomized control trial (2019-2020).

Patients 130

Patients Community Patient-Centered Referral 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset We used an aggregate dataset derived from CHC EHRs containing 13,688,536 encounters between 2009 and 2019 from 220,580 clients. Our analysis employs Structural Topic Models, which can additionally model effects of covariates like urban/rural status and provider type on the distributions of codes and topics.

Electronics 130

Electronics Provider Family Physician Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Dataset: Administrative data from the Optum Labs Data Warehouse 2015-2019 that contains de-identified medical and pharmacy claims and eligibility information for commercial and Medicare Advantage enrollees in the US. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Utilities Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: 25 randomly selected patients who delivered in 2019 (pre-pandemic cohort), 25 in 2021 (during-pandemic cohort), and 15 patients recruited in 2022-23 (post-pandemic study cohort). Patient interviews, providing qualitative information to augment study findings. Intervention/Instrument: Optional virtual prenatal visits.

Patients 130

Patients Clinic Utilities Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To compare family physician practice on established performance measures derived from a modified Delphi process. Setting: Multiple linked population-based datasets for the province of Ontario, Canada, in 2019. Population studied: Family physicians with ≥1 rostered patients.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Physician Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset We utilized the 2019 and 2021 National Health Interview Survey data (NHIS), which collects information about health, healthcare access, and health behaviors, including CCS. Study Design and Analysis This was an observational retrospective study examining Black and White women as the predictive variable and CCS outcomes.

Screening 130

Screening Utilities Patient-Centered Insurance 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In 2019, they engaged our team to provide Decision Aids (DAs) for cancer screening to be available throughout Quebec’s publically-funded healthcare system. Trends show increasing cancer incidence in Quebec. The Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services aims to promote SDM in population-based cancer screening.

Screening 130

Screening Healthcare Provider IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Clinician types included family medicine (FM), internal medicine (IM), pediatric medicine (PED), general practice (GP), obstetrics/gynecology (OB), nurse practitioner (NP), and physician assistant (PA). These patients had 54% of 2019 visits with their PCP.

PCP 130

PCP PCP Finance Nurse Practitioner 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design: Qualitative interviews were conducted with older adults (n=19) and health providers (n=17) in 4 family medicine clinics (2 rural and 2 urban) in Quebec, Canada. 2019) frameworks for implementation and evaluation. The recruitment of older adults was diversified according to age, gender, and comorbidity.

Provider 130

Provider Primary Care Patients Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

We retrieved information on all ER visits and hospitalizations in internal medicine and surgical wards from 2017 to 2019 and mortality in 2019. ORs were similar for the three consecutive years 2017, 2018, and 2019. Results Of the 171,097 individuals included in the study, 60% were women. The mean age was 81.2

Hypertension 130

Hypertension Diabetes ER Medical 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Analyzed 16 films produced between 1939 and 2019. All the characters with ID were white, non-Hispanic, 90.6% were male, and 75% experienced some form of abuse in their respective film. Films produced after 1990 were 2.27 times more likely to feature actors with ID (p=0.31).

Individual 130

Individual Relationship Community Mental Health 130

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Two years ago, New South Family Medicine and MedSpa didn’t even have a name. A time for reflection! It wasn’t a blip on my radar.

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Family Families 40

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2019/pre-pandemic and 2020/pandemic cohorts included 167,095 vs. 173,240 PLWD living in the community and 93,374 vs. 92,434 PLWD residing in nursing homes (NHs), respectively. Analysis: We compared 2020 to 2019 in 3 periods (1st wave; interim period; 2nd wave) and conducted meta-analyses on the provincial estimates.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Community Hospital Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs General Medicine Service Lines in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and postCOVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023).

Utilities 130

Utilities Healthcare Patient-Centered Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023). Objective: To examine the epidemiology and mortality among schizophrenia patients discharged from AMCs in the U.S. Mixed models were used for analysis.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Patients Medical Illness 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Methods: We identified two closed cohorts of PLWD on March 3, 2019 (pre-pandemic) and March 1, 2020 (pandemic) and stratified them by community and nursing home settings Outcome measures: Rates of intensive care unit admissions. Study Design: Retrospective historically controlled cohort study using population-level administrative health data.

Community 130

Community Individual Hospital Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. The study is divided into three periods: pre-COVID (Oct 2019 to Mar 2020), COVID (Apr 2020 to May 2023), and post-COVID (Jun 2023 to Dec 2023). Mixed models were used for analysis.

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Medical Utilities Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Methods: We conducted a case-control study in US outpatient settings that enrolled patients aged 18 to 75 years with acute LRTI and controls without respiratory symptoms between 2019 and 2023. All patients underwent PCR testing for 46 bacterial and viral pathogens by the CDC Respiratory Branch Laboratory.

IT 130

IT Individual Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS We analyzed national weekly diagnosis data for acute respiratory infections (ICD-10 codes J00-J22) in Poland from 2010 to 2019, covering all 380 county-equivalent administrative regions and encompassing 292 million consultations. Data were aggregated into age brackets.

Diagnosis 130

Diagnosis Diagnose Consulting Government 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Women with singleton pregnancies who received prenatal care from a family physician MaRNet-FP sentinel between July 1, 2019 and December 31, 2022 and who also delivered within that timeframe were included. Significance was set as p < 0.05.Dataset:

Screening 130

Screening Diabetes Primary Care Family Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

METHODS We used the 2019 Virginia All-Payers Claims Database to identify primary care physicians (PCPs) and the number of distinct patients seen by each physician. Yet, workforce shortages have worsened in the United States. Understanding characteristics of where workforce gaps are greatest is key to developing effective workforce solutions.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care PCP PCP Primary Care Physician 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Eighteen primary care practices and systems across the United States (US) diverse in size, location, composition, and 2019-2020 revenue change. Study Design and Analysis: Qualitative interviews and thematic analysis. Population studied: Primary care leadership, including clinicians and administrators.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Government Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Patients without a regular primary care provider (a family physician or nurse practitioner) are considered "unattached,". In 2019, 14.5% Context: Primary healthcare is the front door to the health system, facilitating access to diagnostic testing and specialist care. of Canadians (approximately 4.6

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Finance Nurse Practitioner Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To measure the impact on healthcare system utilization of an intensive primary care (IPC) service from 2019 through 2022. Few studies of high-utilization patient programs found improvements in the intervention groups compared to controls.

Utilities 130

Utilities Primary Care Finance Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Between 1/1/2019 and 12/31/2021, 4385 persons were treated for chlamydia and gonorrhea were documented within the MedStar system. Setting: MedStar Health, a multidisciplinary and multispecialty health care system in the mid-Atlantic US. Population Studied: Individuals with gonorrhea and chlamydia positive tests.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Primary Care Hospital Diagnose 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: Electronic health record data from 541 community-based clinics across 17 states in the OCHIN network from 01/01/2019-5/31/2023. Design and Analysis: Retrospective observational study. Population Studied: 1,792,934 adult patients with at least 1 telehealth (phone, video) or in-person primary care visit.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Multipathogen testing using reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed on all specimens for 18 respiratory viruses (including SARS-CoV-2 starting September 2019) and two atypical bacterial pathogens. Outcome Measures: Pathogen identification.

Community 130

Community Family Families Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied Population is a sample of the 2019-20 of endocrinology cases off the Champlain eConsult BASE™ system. Setting or Dataset Out of 844 size sample of endocrinology cases, our human expert annotated only 144 as true osteoporosis cases, flagged as a binary target. We took a random sample of 144 endo cases as non-osteo.

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Consulting Electronics Primary Care PCP 130