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. I stepped down as director of the Robert L.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Dataset: 2019-2020 Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services database (demographic, enrollment, and claims data). The geographic accessibility of PCPs for Medicaid patients at the time of enrollment was constructed at the census tract level using the 2-Stage Floating Catchment method.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Primary care physicians regularly implore patients to buy and eat healthy foods. But as our patients stroll their grocery store aisles, can we count on food packaging health claims to show our patients the healthier foods? Background. It has been asserted that health claims actually adorn the least healthy foods (Pollan, 2007).

Patients 130

Patients Primary Care Physician Primary Care IT 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Little is known about how patients’ social needs (i.e. Objective To understand how patient-reported social needs are associated with cervical cancer screening in a fully insured population. Patient-reported social needs were obtained from a nationally administered survey. housing insecurity) affect screening behaviors.

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Screening Relationship Insurance Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Rapid adoption of virtual care in early 2020, meant there was little time to develop or plan integrated virtual health care services, resulting in an urgency to establish governance for quality-based virtual care in Canada. Only the most recent published standards were used in analysis.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

Even if one disagrees with the content, ESC guidelines are influential… The older 2020 ESC Leitlinie on atrial fibrillation has been cited over 10,000 times and read more than 2 million times. Conclusion: Most guidelines do not recommend atrial fibrillation screening for asymptomatic, older patients. Here are some insights.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

32% (n=11) reported patient satisfaction with telemedicine transitions. Regarding clinical education changes since March 2020, 47% (n=16) were satisfied. Addressing these gaps will be essential for ensuring optimal patient care in future pandemics. 12% (n=4) received adequate training, and 41% (n=14) found the transition easy.

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Telemedicine Education Telehealth Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: Our study investigates ID prevalence in Alberta from 2010 to 2022 and its association with patient and provider characteristics. Outcome/Evaluation: We examined the prevalence of ID over the study period, focusing on trends and correlations to patient and provider demographics. 2020-2022).

Clinic 130

Clinic Primary Care Electronics Individual 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective A) Evaluate LVOP in Virginia during 2019-2021, and B) determine variation in LVOP for rural patients and those with low income in Virginia from 2019-2021. 2020, stratified by rurality and payer. Outcome Measures LVOP rates per 1000 patients. Study Design and Analysis Retrospective cohort study.

Insurance 130

Insurance Community Patients IT 130

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). Yet, graduating residents intend broad SOP.

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Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 9, 2024

So, which patients should get them first? Patients ask me these questions fairly often, so I know it’s important for GPs to know the key facts. Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – ⅔ of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? What are the true benefits and side effects?

Diabetes 130

Diabetes Patients Medical Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Introduction: Reflexivity-based training for healthcare professionals on shared decision-making (SDM) fosters critical thinking, encouraging reflection on one’s personal values while supporting patient needs. Methods: We performed a qualitative descriptive study. We followed the Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research guideline.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To validate the use of OASI among patients with knee OA to predict TKA in Veterans Health Affairs-Corporate Data Warehouse (VHA-CDW) administrative dataset. Dataset: VHA-CDW data from 2007-2020. Study Design and Analysis: Retrospective Cohort using Cox proportional hazard models with time-dependent exposures and covariates.

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Diagnosis Electronics Physicals Clinic 130

Mere Mortal MD

JUNE 15, 2025

I never got a DUI, showed up work drunk or hungover, or screamed at my husband or family, and yet, it was an unhealthy habit I was slowly losing control over. So on the morning of June 15th, 2020, I made a conscious decision to stop putting alcohol in my body. I told myself that because it was red wine—which of course is healthy!

Mental Health 189

Mental Health Relationship IT Community 189

Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 19, 2025

This position statement from the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) outlines our organizational commitment to Measurement-Based Care (MBC) as a foundational element of integrated healthcare. MBC enhances therapeutic alliance and improves culturally informed care to diverse patient groups. (10, 3, 5, 6) b. 1, 8, 9) d.

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Integrated Care Mental Health Healthcare Clinical Practice 100

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To examine the epidemiology and mortality among schizophrenia patients discharged from AMCs in the U.S. 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). from Oct 2019 to Dec 2023.

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CDOCS

MARCH 15, 2021

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Patients Finance Education Utilities 52

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE Increased workload associated with electronic visits (eVisits) in primary care could potentially be decreased by the use of artificial intelligence (AI); however, it is unknown whether this use of AI would be acceptable to staff and patients. We analyzed verbatim transcripts using thematic analysis.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Electronics Patients Appointment 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).

Patient-Centered 130

Patient-Centered Medical Utilities Patients 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In March 2020, the Renfrew County Virtual Triage and Assessment Centre (VTAC) was launched as a large-scale, innovative, hybrid healthcare program. However, an important aspect yet to be explored is how patients experience the program. Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate patients’ experiences with VTAC.

Patients 130

Patients Healthcare Appointment Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: News and scholarly reports have highlighted that primary care professionals, including physicians, nurses, social workers, and administrators, are leaving comprehensive family medicine practice because of COVID-19 circumstances that may have fostered moral distress.

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Primary Care Healthcare Professional Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Primary care providers in Canada face significant workload challenges, including managing prescriptions, referrals, and laboratory tests alongside patient visits. Results: Clinicians with 500 or more patient contacts had an average of 2.7 0.9SD) encounters per patient since 2007. prescriptions, 1.1 (0.5)

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Primary Care Referral Provider Electronics 130

OCFM

OCTOBER 23, 2020

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Family Medicine DO Primary Care Patient-Centered 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care 52

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 52

Healthcare Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Previous studies documented that the type of insurance coverage was associated with the likelihood of a patient receiving care through telehealth. Dataset: Insurance claims submitted to APCD from April through December, 2020. The primary exposure was the percentage of Medicaid patients’ claims at clinic level.

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Myriad Genetics

MARCH 13, 2024

Many of us have seen stories in the news about American families on diagnostic odysseys for their children with rare diseases. More and more, doctors, researchers, and families are turning to technologies like AI and even Google to help them decode health symptoms and get on the road to solutions and treatments.

Diagnose 52

Diagnose Screening Diagnosis Families 52

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.

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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. 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

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). RRSPUM includes 19 Academic Family Medicine clinics.

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Primary Care Family Medicine DO Consulting 130

Physician's Weekly

JUNE 17, 2025

from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues conducted a retrospective cohort study using electronic health record data from March 1, 2020, to Aug. A total of 7,944 patients were included in the sample. Vinod Rao, M.D., from Massachusetts General Hospital, said in a statement.

Telehealth 52

Telehealth Relationship Hospital Appointment 52

Myriad Genetics

MAY 20, 2025

Myriad Genetics has been conducting the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor surveys since 2020 to learn about American attitudes towards mental health and related issues. The majority of these patients (54%) agree that genetic testing for mental health medications (known as pharmacogenomic or PGx testing) could reduce these concerns.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Diagnose Medical Patients 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Concerns about overdiagnosis of clinically insignificant prostate cancer through prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening motivated the 2018 American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) recommendation against routine screening for prostate cancer. Explaining the AAFP’s position, Drs. Watchful waiting refers to clinical observation only.

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OCFM

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Primary Care Patient-Centered 40

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

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Blood pressure (BP) control (<130/80 systolic/diastolic) is poor nationally, and is inequitable by race/ethnicity, with minimal understanding of the differences within Latino patients by country of origin. Results: Of the 298,860 adult patients in the sample, 40.5% Design: Retrospective cohort study.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design and Analysis: Patient focus groups and semi-structured physician interviews were conducted and transcribed, with thematic analysis used to identify themes from the resultant data. Setting or Dataset: Six virtual patient focus groups with a total of 30 patients and nine telephone physician interviews conducted in 2020.

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