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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective To evaluate the association between patient, health system, geosocial, and environmental factors on the likelihood of MA in Family Medicine clinics. Setting Family medicine clinics in an academic medical center in southcentral Pennsylvania.

Appointment

Appointment Primary Care Family Medicine DO

"It All Revolves Around the Pain": Patient Experiences of Navigating Care for Long COVID Pain Symptoms [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: We conducted seven semi-structured focus groups with 25 adult patients who had a positive COVID test, reported pain as one of their primary LC symptoms at intake, and were seen in the University of Washington Long COVID Clinic for at least one visit between June 2021 to February 2023.

Patients

Patients Insurance IT Mental Health

Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population: Primary care visits by patients 55 years or older, taking 5 or more chronic medications, speaking English or Spanish during April through December 2023. The patients in the public clinic were less likely to have insurance for medications (77.4 Outcome Measures: Regimen changes and medication related safety issues.

Clinic

Clinic Medical Primary Care Insurance

Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Provincial administrative claims data was obtained from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP). All fee-for-service physicians who billed at least 1 OHIP claim from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 and from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 under their clinic group codes were included.

Clinic

Clinic Referral Primary Care Physician Primary Care

Cardiovascular risk management of patients with depression in Dutch general practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study design and analysis: A retrospective matched cohort study using data from more than 70 Dutch general practices collected from 2015 until 2023. Objective: To investigate whether the cardiovascular risk management of Dutch GPs differs in patients with and without depression.

General Practice

General Practice GP Management Patients

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting & Population: All clinicians in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine caring for individuals aged 22 years and younger in the Virginia All Payers Claims Database (APCD). of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023. of clinicians received any support by VMAP between 2016-2023.

Mental Health

Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

Despite projected shortages, the overall job outlook for a doctor in the United States is positive— according to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) , overall employment of physicians is projected to grow 4% between 2023 and 2033, which is as fast as the average for all occupations, healthcare or otherwise.

Private Practice

Private Practice Healthcare Internal Medicine Family Medicine

Conversations about Cost During Weight-Prioritized Visits in Primary Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting or Data Set: Semi-structured interviews conducted with clinicians and staff between February 2021 and August 2023 and video recordings of a subset of WPVs. Study Design and Analysis: Qualitative study using content analysis to analyze interviews and conversation analysis (CA) to analyze videos.

Primary Care

Primary Care Finance Insurance Management

Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Results: Between April 2022 and July 2023, 116 persons navigated through the program, including 78 persons without a prior specialist appointment (New Patients), 15 persons previously engaged with a specialist but not completed treatment. were on Medicaid insurance when diagnosed. Among new patients, 58.9% were female, 74.4%

Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral Health Services Primary Care Patients Healthcare

Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Study Design: Observational analysis of linked administrative data Setting or Dataset: Physician billing records (including laboratory tests), prescriptions dispensed, and patient registry data in British Columbia, Canada, accessed via Population Data BC Population Studied: All people ages 20-105 registered for provincial health insurance between April (..)

Chronic Disease Management

Chronic Disease Management Chronic Disease Illness Management

Is Rural Residence a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth in Iowa? [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: We started with 29,620 deliveries at IHC between May 1, 2009, and May 31, 2023. Race, ethnicity, high BMI, insurance, and primigravidity were not independently associated with sPTB. Setting: IHC, Iowa City, IA. We excluded deliveries complicated by known RFs for PTB (n=12,646). CI, 295->999.9).

Insurance

Insurance Complication Relationship Community

Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Common Sense Family Doctor

MAY 30, 2025

A 2020 meta-analysis of eight randomized controlled trials (summarized in a POEM in American Family Physician ) concluded that low-dose CT screening prevents one lung cancer death for every 250 people screened.

Primary Care

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine

Examining the role of physician areas of practice on the gender pay gap in family medicine in Ontario [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Data Set Family physician billing and payment data provided by the Ontario Ministry of Health for April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023. Population Studied All FPs who submitted billings to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan between April 2022 and March 2023.

Family Medicine

Family Medicine DO Families Family

Expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults regardless of immigration status improved healthcare access among Latino communities [Economic or policy analysis]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Despite federal- and state-wide initiatives to boost access to health insurance (e.g., Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion and individual health insurance marketplaces), Latinos continue to have the highest uninsured rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States.

Community

Community Insurance Healthcare Patient-Centered

Trends and Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening Rates in Southeast Michigan [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Population Studied: Patients 50-80 years old without lung cancer eligible for LCS from April 1, 2021, to December 31, 2023. Factors significantly associated with lower rates included Arab or Middle Eastern descent, Black race, Medicaid insurance, and ADI scores of 4 and 5, indicating higher socioeconomic disadvantage.

Screening

Screening Insurance Electronics Healthcare

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

This week, February 27-March 5, 2023, marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Project Heal is another fantastic resource that helps patients navigate insurance or get help with the costs for treatment if the patient is uninsured or underinsured.

Mental Health

Mental Health Physicals Family Medicine DO

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Predicting Likelihood of Missed Appointments in Primary Care [Health care informatics]

"It All Revolves Around the Pain": Patient Experiences of Navigating Care for Long COVID Pain Symptoms [COVID-19]

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Intensity of medication review activities in private and public clinics [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Practice patterns of Ontario physicians working in 'boutique' medical clinics [Economic or policy analysis]

Cardiovascular risk management of patients with depression in Dutch general practices [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Implementation and Uptake of the Virginia Mental Health Access Program [Child and adolescent health]

2025 Doctor Job Outlook: Why Go Locum Tenens?

Conversations about Cost During Weight-Prioritized Visits in Primary Care [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Hepatitis C Micro-elimination Using Patient Navigation In a Regional Healthcare System [Infectious diseases (not respiratory tract)]

Chronic disease management among people with serious mental illness across rural, small urban, and metropolitan settings [Health care disparities]

Is Rural Residence a Risk Factor for Preterm Birth in Iowa? [Women's health]

Lung cancer screening in primary care: more pragmatic research needed

Examining the role of physician areas of practice on the gender pay gap in family medicine in Ontario [Economic or policy analysis]

Expanding Medicaid eligibility to adults regardless of immigration status improved healthcare access among Latino communities [Economic or policy analysis]

Trends and Disparities in Lung Cancer Screening Rates in Southeast Michigan [Screening, prevention, and health promotion]

What are the signs of an eating disorder?

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