2020, DO and Hospital - Primary Care Digest

Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Sickle cell disease (SCD) was identified as one of our hospital's most common causes of readmission. Objective: Describe the trends in sickle cell admissions between Jan 2020 and Dec 2023 at an academic medical center (AMC) in Augusta, Georgia. We noted that a small number of patients are readmitted multiple times.

Finance

Finance Medical Patient-Centered Healthcare

Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

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.

Primary Care

Primary Care Primary Care Physician Patient-Centered Behavioral Health Services

Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Population: Thirty-six residents from UTSW, Parkland, Children's Hospital, and Texas Health Resources were surveyed. Regarding clinical education changes since March 2020, 47% (n=16) were satisfied. Result: Among participants, 9% (n=3) had previous public health emergency experience, while 91% (n=31) did not.

Telemedicine

Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health

Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

13 Here is some evidence: From 2004-2020, 8,718 GLP-1 analogs-associated tumors were reported to the FDA. Patients with heart failure show less hospital admissions improved symptoms (in correlation to their weight loss). Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative.

Diabetes

Diabetes Patients Medical Family Medicine

Practice organization characteristics are more impactful than intentions in practice scope of early-career family physicians [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Family physician (FP) scope of practice (SOP) has declined, with fewer physicians providing basic primary care services and fewer bridging the clinic-hospital divide. Study Design and Analysis: A longitudinal cohort was surveyed through the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).

Family Physician

Family Physician Families Family Finance

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Noreta Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Bill Skelton, founder of the Acupuncture Clinic here in Columbia, SC, gave me the film to watch and said he thought that as a Direct Primary Care physician and owner of Noreta Family Medicine, I would appreciate it. As a family doctor who has worked for a large hospital system in the past, I fully agree with this contention.

Healthcare

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO

Better Together: Pre-Existing Community Partnerships Assist in Development of Community-Based Service-Learning Curriculum [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Starting in 2020, 15 residents annually from the Mankato Family Medicine Residency Program were included. Community-based service learning is a proposed way to develop resident proficiency in core competencies and addressing and exploring social determinants of health.

Community

Community Education Family Medicine DO

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare use, mortality, and human rights of persons living with dementia in Canada [Geriatrics]

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. Outcomes: Rates of all-cause emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and mortality. Setting: Alberta, Ontario, Saskatchewan, Quebec.

Healthcare

Healthcare Community Hospital Management

Declines in intensive care unit admissions in early COVID-19 pandemic among persons with dementia in three Canadian provinces [Acute and emergency care]

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. Analysis: We used a 2-step meta-analytical approach.

Community

Community Individual Hospital Provider

From Crisis to Recovery: Evaluating the Evolution of Patient Care in Academic Medical Centers Through the COVID-19 Era [Big data]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

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). Study Design: This retrospective case series analysis utilizes Vizient’s clinical database data. Mixed models were used for analysis. Setting: AMCs within the US.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Medical Utilities Patients

An Evaluation of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence, Treatment, and Guideline Adherence in an Ambulatory Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In 2020 and 2021, CDC guidelines changed recommended treatment for both GC and CT. 52.7% (n=2311/4385) were diagnosed in a Hospital / ED setting, 25.2% (1107) within a primary care setting, and 18.1% Objective: This study evaluates incidence of CT and GC, treatment associated outcomes, and adherence to guideline changes.

Healthcare

Healthcare Primary Care Hospital Diagnose

Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By Paul Amendola, Executive Director, VecnaCares Reference: Bartlett L , Avery L , Ponnappan P , et al, Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000845.

Patient-Centered

Patient-Centered Clinic Provider Patients

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

At this meeting, the Geriatric Medicine Board received statistics on the current state of certification in geriatric medicine, assessment enrollment, demographics and pass rates, and data from post-assessment surveys. Chen, MD , Chair of the Geriatric Medicine Traditional, 10-Year MOC Exam Approval Committee, and Niharika N.

Board-Certified

Board-Certified Internal Medicine Government Community

Characterizing nonfatal opioid overdose patients and receipt of medication for opioid use disorder at a safety net hospital [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied We included people 18+ years of age who presented with a NFOD resulting in a healthcare encounter from 1/1/2020-12/31/2022. We extracted data from their Virtual Data Warehouse which follows the Health Care Systems Research Network data model.

Medical

Medical Patients Healthcare Hospital

Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Valtis is a 4th year Med-Peds Resident at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital, and his research focuses on race and the utilization of security responses in the inpatient hospital setting. Yannis Valtis, Ebi Okah, and Carine Davila, about research in their respective fields.

Healthcare

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine

8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 10, 2024

Family medicine is neither the most prestigious nor the highest paid medical profession. Should GPs actually be treated as the stars of medicine? Studies from the USA showed that adding one GP per 10,000 inhabitants was associated with 2-5 fewer deaths 5 , 6 and 4 fewer hospitalizations 5 annually.

Family Physician

Family Physician Families Family GP

Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Alex 00:23 All right, first, we’re welcoming back Ricky Le it er, who’s a palliative care doc at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Brigham Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is co-founder of the Palliative Story Exchange. That was January 2020. We had, you know, it was a Monday night in June of 2020.

IT

IT Community Patients Families

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

BMJ

MAY 10, 2022

METHOD The cross-sectional study was conducted on family physicians and family health staff working in primary care family health centers in Üsküdar district of Istanbul with a population of 520,771 between 25-29 December 2020 [4]. Jour Turk Fam Phy 2020; 11 (1): 95-101. doi: 10.15511/tjtfp.20.00295.)

Vaccination

Vaccination Healthcare Professional Healthcare Primary Care

Primary Care Digest

Sickle Cell Crises: A Deep Dive into Patterns of Readmissions at an Academic Medical Center [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Maryland's Primary Care Program: incremental progress or breakthrough?

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Disaster preparedness, What we have learned from COVID 19 pandemic [COVID-19]

Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Practice organization characteristics are more impactful than intentions in practice scope of early-career family physicians [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

An Escape Fire for Healthcare

Better Together: Pre-Existing Community Partnerships Assist in Development of Community-Based Service-Learning Curriculum [Education and training]

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare use, mortality, and human rights of persons living with dementia in Canada [Geriatrics]

Declines in intensive care unit admissions in early COVID-19 pandemic among persons with dementia in three Canadian provinces [Acute and emergency care]

From Crisis to Recovery: Evaluating the Evolution of Patient Care in Academic Medical Centers Through the COVID-19 Era [Big data]

An Evaluation of Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Incidence, Treatment, and Guideline Adherence in an Ambulatory Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Insights into the design, development and implementation of a novel digital health tool for skilled birth attendants to support quality maternity care in Kenya

Geriatric Medicine Board Meeting Summary | Spring 2025

Characterizing nonfatal opioid overdose patients and receipt of medication for opioid use disorder at a safety net hospital [Social determinants and vulnerable populations]

Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

8 Reasons Why Family Physicians are the Actual Stars of Medicine

Stories We Tell Each Other to Heal: Ricky Leiter, Alexis Drutchas, & Emily Silverman

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and related factors among primary health care workers in a district of Istanbul: A cross-sectional study from Turkey

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