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Differences in primary care utilization by primary care availability in the first year of Virginia Medicaid Expansion [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Primary care is essential to health but barriers include affordability of care and accessibility of physicians. Importantly, Virginia's Medicaid expansion reduced cost-related barriers to accessing care for over 700,000 individuals. Of these, 117,481 (57.2%) individuals had at least one primary care visit.

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

The Health Policy Exchange

Health Policy Fellowship three years ago, though I still enjoy working alongside these talented family physicians in clinic, such as Dr. Brian Antono, who recently blogged about his fellowship experiences for Harvard Medical School's Center for Primary Care. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield joined the program in 2020.)

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Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary care for diabetes in Canada: Results from a mixed-methods study [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most diabetes care is provided within primary care. Primary care experienced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, such as reduced access to care. Objective: To understand if the pandemic resulted in changes in care for patients with diabetes.

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Nested order panels for primary care medication and laboratory orders: adoption and impact on ordering efficiency [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Electronic health record (EHR) order preference lists and order sets potentially improve efficiency but have limited utility in complex primary care settings. Setting: Primary care clinics partnered with an academic health center. A one-time survey was also conducted.

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2025 POP! Keynote Revealed

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

One of the episodes, Through Thick and Thin, addresses primary care diagnostic uncertainty, persistence, and the quiet power of staying in it together through false starts, frustration, and finally, an answer. She has a new 13-part documentary series called the Uncertainty in Medicine. She lives in San Francisco with her family.

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Exploring Iron Deficiency in Alberta: Following up on Clinical Observations [Population health and epidemiology]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design: Retrospective analysis of electronic medical data obtained from the Canadian Primary Care Research Network, Southern Alberta Primary Care Research Network (SAPCReN-CPCSSN). 2020-2022). We also explore anemia prevalence to see if results converge as these two health conditions are closely related.

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Tobacco Use Screening In Community-Based Primary Care Clinics By Visit Modality During The Covid-19 Pandemic [Smoking cessation]

Annals of Family Medicine

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.