Integrated Care News by CFHA

MAY 1, 2025

That small win reminded me that artificial intelligence is already shaping the way our patients (and our families) search for health advice. Bridging the 17‑Year Research–Practice Gap Implementation scientists estimate that it takes about seventeen years for new evidence to become routine care (Rubin, 2023). JAMA , 329(16), 1333–1336.

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Patient-Centered Integrated Care Primary Care Healthcare Professional 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

SUD screening is not universally done in primary care (PC). In our institution, screenings are completed for patients ≥15 years during well visits; those not presenting for well visits and under 15 may represent missed opportunities. A score ≥2 constitutes a positive screen for possible substance misuse.

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Primary Care Screening Referral Wellness Visit 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 DO Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context While poverty is a risk factor for many chronic conditions, when it is recognized by care providers social screening can be used to positively impact patients’ health. Joseph’s Primary Care Clinic in Saint John, NB, Canada in 2023. Nearly all missed screens were attributed to forgetfulness (94.4%).

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Primary Care Screening Provider Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. Analysis: This is a secondary analysis of clinician participation and uptake of consultation and training for pediatric mental health in Virginia between 2016-2023.

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Mental Health Internal Medicine DO Family Medicine 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of patients and FPs in Ontario from April 1, 2021, to March 31, 2023.

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Family Physician Primary Care Families Family 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Intervention: A rural-setting family physician scripted informal videos describing her extensive experience with treating patients with OUD using buprenorphine. Population Studied: Licensed, actively practicing Internal Medicine and Family Medicine physicians and Non-physician practitioners in Kentucky.

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Primary Care Education Patient-Centered Chronic Disease 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MAY 27, 2025

PURPOSE We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a digital cognitive assessment (DCA) for Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRD) screening into primary care. We also assessed the prevalence of positive screens and measured diagnostic and care outcomes after a positive DCA result.

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Primary Care Diagnosis Screening Utilities 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) adolescents face unique sexual health determinants including racial disparities, cultural background, immigration status, familial English proficiency, and STI screening practices. Population Studied: Self-identified AAPI parents and adolescents in the U.S.

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Education Family Families Screening 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends discussing family planning and preconception counseling at the domestic medical exam (DME), yet there is little guidance on specific counseling needs in this population. Population Studied Inclusion criteria were ages 16-45 with a DME performed between 2018 and 2023.

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Family Medicine DO Complication Families 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.

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Primary Care Screening Family Physician DO 59

GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Alex Practice-PC Program Information: UCSF’s Practice-PC program is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 year. It is a screening? LaVera: I trained at UCSF in family medicine. Thanks to my son Kai for playing the guitar part in 5/4 with strange chords on Riverman by Nick Drake! I guess FICA is not as cool as SKY.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Annual low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening (LCS) has been proven to reduce mortality. Despite this, screening rates among eligible individuals remain low. Objective: This study aims to evaluate screening rates and factors influencing LCS in a large healthcare system in Southeast Michigan.

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Family Physicians of Greeley

AUGUST 1, 2023

In fact, Drs J Matthew and Cara Brown are board certified in adolescent medicine as well as family medicine and look forward to providing comprehensive care for your teens. Our offices are open and ready to safely provide well-care, sick-care, mental health screenings, immunizations, physicals, and more.

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Board-Certified Wellness Visit Mental Health Vaccination 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 27, 2025

Michael Pollan's pithy "eat [real] food, not too much, mostly plants"), and has received positive reviews in publications ranging from NPR to Family Medicine. for the 11 million families headed by single parents who often work two or more jobs to get by and have fewer options for buying groceries.

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