Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument Patient-reported social needs collected as part of the 2020 Kaiser Permanente (KP) National Social Needs Survey. Population Patients aged 24-64 years who were eligible for cervical cancer screening per USPSTF guidelines (N=1,917). Having health insurance may mitigate the risk of missed screenings in patients with social needs.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

2020, stratified by rurality and payer. Despite declining opioid prescribing in the last decade, low-value opioid prescribing for acute pain (LVOP) (inconsistent with professional guidelines) has persisted. It is unclear how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted LVOP, particularly among vulnerable communities.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A total of 111 mental health calls resulted in unmet needs since March 2020, with health zone 1 (a rural portion of the province) having the highest proportion of mental health calls with no referral. 2-1-1 Nova Scotia has operated since 2013 as a nonprofit that offers 24/7 assistance.

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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. Der Beitrag Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs erschien zuerst auf Family Medicine Initiative. 10 , 9 In patients with uncontrolled or potentially unstable diabetic retinopathy, treatment with semaglutide 2.4

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Réseau de recherche en soins primaires de l’ Université de Montréal (RRSPUM) is the Primary Care (PC) Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) affiliated with the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine (DFMEM) of our University (Quebec, Canada).

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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. Early in the film, family physician Dr. Erin Martin, is featured. minutes long.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Using the online website for the nation’s largest grocer, Walmart.com, we performed quota sampling in 122 categories of foods and beverages most commonly consumed by Americans according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2017-2020 What We Eat in America (WWEIA) report.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care delivery was significantly impacted by COVID-19, with rapid deployment of telehealth after the United States’ national public health emergency (PHE) declaration in March 2020. Results: Prior to March 2020, <1% of primary care visits were via telehealth.

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Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

METHODS We conducted semistructured interviews and focus groups with primary care staff (n = 16) and patients (n = 37) from primary care practices in northwest England and London (n = 14) using the Patchs eVisits system (Patchs Health Limited; www.patchs.ai ) from May 2020 to September 2021.

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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.

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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).

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Healthcare Utilities Patient-Centered Illness 130

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). Objective: To assess the epidemiology and mortality risk among patients discharged from AMCs in the US from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023. Mixed models were used for analysis.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Longer-duration interventions have demonstrated reduction of physiological parameters such as systolic blood pressure (Carlton 2007; Loucks 2019; Lee 2020). However, MBI brief enough for the primary care setting have received little attention.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Hypertension Insurance Patients 130

ABIM

JUNE 12, 2025

Ruiz, MD, Chair, ABIM Geriatric Medicine Board The Geriatric Medicine Board , which meets twice a year and is responsible for oversight of policy and assessment in the specialty, held its spring meeting on March 28, 2025. 4,372 of these (92%) also have a current valid certificate in Internal Medicine.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Conclusion: Since its emergence in 2020, SARS-CoV-2 was detected year-round and with a higher median age than other pathogens. Better understanding of the etiology, presentations, and patterns of pediatric acute respiratory infections can help inform medical and public health system responses to future outbreaks.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: A written survey in 2020 followed by iterative 90 minute virtual group conversations from 2021-2023 recalling and distilling experiences and conclusions, reaching consensus opinions.

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Primary Care Relationship IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

To measure the difference in changes in quality between the best- and worst-performing deciles, an OLS linear regression model was applied, incorporating a one-degree spline with a knot at quarter 2 of 2020 to model trends before and during the pandemic. Even as QMs improve, it is still important to monitor equity in performance across NHs.

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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.

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Patient-Centered Clinic Provider Patients 40

GeriPal

AUGUST 4, 2022

Liz Bayliss is Senior Investigator at Kaiser Permanente Colorado Institute for Health Research, and Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado. Alex: And we have Ariel Green, who’s a geriatrician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Welcome, Liz, to the GeriPal Podcast. One in JAMA Network.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To provide a comprehensive overview of primary care use among community-dwelling persons with dementia in Quebec from 2018 to 2020. Population Studied Community-dwelling persons aged 65 and older with a prevalent diagnosis of dementia on March 1st of 2018, 2019, and 2020. 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8% 60.8%, 60.2%, and 58.8%

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Primary Care Community Family Physician Diagnosis 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction/Context: Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the third most common inpatient surgery in the United States, with increasing percentages performed in ambulatory settings. It is a cost-effective and efficient treatment for individuals with end-stage osteoarthritis. This emphasizes the impact of socioeconomic factors on health outcomes.

Individual 130

Individual Insurance Community Healthcare 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

The US Preventive Services Task Force , the American Academy of Family Physicians , and the American College of Chest Physicians recommend annual low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening for adults 50 to 80 years of age who have at least a 20 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have smoked within the past 15 years.

Primary Care 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician DO 59

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The time horizon was anchored in January 2012: pre-pandemic period was defined as January 2012 to March 2020, and the pandemic period as April 2020 to June 2022. In April 2020 the MHV rate rose to 0.141/month. Study Design and Analysis: An interrupted time series (ITS) analysis was conducted.

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Primary Care Mental Health Illness Family Doctor 130

The Clinical Problem Solvers

MAY 2, 2022

Dr. Okah is a family medicine clinician and NRSA research fellow at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, and she studies the association between the use of race in medical decision-making and beliefs regarding the etiology of disparities in health outcomes. link] November 17, 2020. December 17, 2020.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Utilities Hospital Internal Medicine 52

Georgetown Pediatrics & Family Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

According to the CDC, “About 697,000 people in the United States died from heart disease in 2020– that’s 1 in every 5 deaths”. Family Genetics: If you can, ask your loved ones about their medical history (especially parents and siblings). We cannot control genetics, but we can control other modifiable factors.

Primary Care Physician 40

Primary Care Physician Family Medicine DO Appointment 40

Vida Family Medicine

APRIL 27, 2023

While our bodies cannot fully recover from a "sleep debt" by sleeping longer on another night, the health impact of sleep deprivation is usually not as significant with occasional sleep deprivation as it is with chronic sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation can come from a variety of causes. It is available for all to use for free.

Individual 52

Individual Medical Diabetes Chronic Disease 52

GeriPal

DECEMBER 5, 2024

All right, I’m going to start us off with one of my few questions on here because we’re going to get to exchanging stories too, is medicine is an evidence based discipline. That’s medicine. What’s the value of stories in medicine? Emily 03:59 Medicine is both a science and an art.

IT 107

IT Community Patients Families 107

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? While the media and politicians talk mainly about heroic intensive care or impressive new technologies, the real work happens nonetheless in family medicine offices.

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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 40

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BMJ

JUNE 25, 2021

Findings from a longitudinal study using primary care records, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e000780. doi: 10.1136/fmch-2020-000780 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the biggest cause of death from non-communicable disease in the world. and the prediction window at 5 years. Atherosclerosis. 2019;283:28-34.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Clinical Practice Electronics Clinic 40

BMJ

AUGUST 20, 2021

By John Scott Frazer, Glenn Ross Frazer Reference : Frazer JS , Frazer GR, Analysis of primary care prescription trends in England during the COVID-19 pandemic compared against a predictive model, Family Medicine and Community Health 2021; 9: e001143.

Primary Care 40

Primary Care Supply Chain General Practitioner Vaccination 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 11, 2025

Several past colleagues in the family medicine department at Georgetown recently published an informative scoping review of specialty disrespect in the medical learning environment. A research letter in JAMA Network Open reported that in 2015 and 2020, graduates of U.S.

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Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician Family Medicine 90