Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In October 2023, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) announced their strategic plan for family medicine research. We also examined whether and how these studies were funded. Population studied: Not applicable.

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Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Family Medicine Initiative

APRIL 29, 2025

ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline (2023): “It is not yet established that patients at high risk of developing AF by a validated risk score benefit from screening.” Although not a guideline, still relevant: The German Arznei-Telegramm concluded in 2021, 2023, and 2024 that atrial fibrillation screening is not recommended in asymptomatic individuals.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Criteria Time Frame: 2013-01-01 to 2023-12-31. Number of patients who meet inclusion criteria at Family Medicine Clinics: 6,551 Patients. The number of patients who meet inclusion criteria at General Internal Medicine Clinics: 4,254 Patients Population studied: Total number of participants in this study is 9488.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Patient portals (PPs) are online healthcare platforms enabling patients access their electronic health records and offering different features to help patients manage their care such as viewing and entering health information, and permitting asynchronous communication between patients and their providers.

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Patients Primary Care Appointment Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In 2018, the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) reviewed Canadian family medicine training and determined it must evolve to meet contemporary societal needs. However, evidence is not the only determinant of policy change and residency expansion ceased in November 2023.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The impact of long-standing inadequate access to basic healthcare coupled with generational trauma has contributed to community distrust of western medicine. Included articles were published in English-language peer reviewed journals from 1978 until 2023. Population Studied: AI/AN patients residing in the USA.

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Primary Care Utilities Community Preventive Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

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Family Physician DO Family Medicine Families 130

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.

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Primary Care Screening Telehealth Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Weight loss is desired by many patients, but many primary care practices struggle to provide this care. PATHWEIGH is an integrated approach to support primary care practices in delivering evidence-based weight loss care to patients as part of regular health care.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Management Electronics Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

PATHWEIGH is an integrated approach to support primary care practices in delivering evidence-based weight management and includes modifications to the EpicTM medical record for guidance on treatment alternatives, support for provider-patient communication, billing and coding support, and a new visit type called a Weight Prioritized Visit (WPV).

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Primary Care Finance Insurance Management 130

Annals of Family Medicine

MARCH 24, 2025

PURPOSE We tested for direct and indirect effects that performance-based reimbursement (PBR) in primary care has on perceived individual and organizational quality of care, and the role of illegitimate tasks and moral distress as potential mediators.

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Primary Care Primary Care Physician Individual Healthcare 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. Setting The study was set at St.

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Primary Care Screening Provider Clinic 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Little is known about trends in primary care panel size in the United States, despite it being crucial to the relationships fundamental to primary care’s salutary effects and its importance to workforce planning amidst a national and worsening primary care shortage.

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Family Physician Families Family Board-Certified 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The directors and original staff of the Ambulatory Sentinel Practice Network/National Research Network united to review the establishment and operation of the first US national primary care practice based research network during its first 40 years. Intervention: None. Six archetypal dilemmas: 1.Tension

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: This qualitative research explored how family physicians understand what professionalism means, how it is enacted in their day-to-day practice, and to identify challenges to professionalism. Instrument: Interviews were semi-structured and conducted in Summer 2023.

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Family Physician Families Family Patient-Centered 130

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The industry reached a three-decade high in 2023, adding more than 650,000 jobs. The demand for healthcare professionals spans a wide range of specialties, including primary care physicians, registered nurses, mental health counselors, and much more. Clinical: Clinical support professionals are critical to our organization.

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Healthcare Healthcare Professional Patient-Centered Primary Care Physician 52

Priority Physicians

JANUARY 27, 2025

of adults in the state showed significant symptoms of anxiety or depression in 2023. Tips to Manage Anxiety If anxieties disable your daily life, discuss the situation with your direct primary care doctor. Regularly talking with people you care about may help you avoid the need for antidepressants.

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Primary Care Doctor Primary Care Board-Certified Physicals 52

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 59

Primary Care Screening Family Physician Family Medicine 59

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is estimated that over 30% of FPs in Ontario provide care in an area of practice other than primary care, some of which are known to have compensation levels much higher than primary care. Population Studied All FPs who submitted billings to the Ontario Health Insurance Plan between April 2022 and March 2023.

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Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

OCTOBER 22, 2023

6-week Medical Student Externship - Medical Student Externship Report – Molly Mann, MS2 2023 July – August "My externship experience consisted of shadowing Dr. Der Simonian at the Falmouth Family Medicine office and at the Maine Medical Center Mother Baby Unit. and hear about their programs.

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New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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Referral Family Medicine DO Primary Care 40

Vida Family Medicine

MARCH 1, 2023

This week, February 27-March 5, 2023, marks National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. At Vida Family Medicine we offer primary care services to individuals in recovery from eating disorders. Contact us or schedule a free meet and greet to determine if we are a good fit for your needs!

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Mental Health Physicals Family Medicine DO 52

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. The authors term "primary care yield" as the percentage of physicians who start training in primary care and complete it in primary care.

Primary Care 90

Primary Care Community Primary Care Physician Family Medicine 90

Common Sense Family Doctor

APRIL 25, 2025

The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." The sub-headline from a Medscape news article said it all: "Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Medicine Is Not." The number of visits to primary care physicians fell by 43% from 2010 to 2021 despite 7.4%

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