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Exploring Primary Care Provider eConsult Utilization Trends [Health care services, delivery, and financing]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective: To determine how primary care providers (PCP) utilize the eConsult platform. Study Design and Analysis: This retrospective analysis of program data spans from 2018 through 2023. It includes templated eConsult exchange data extracted from the electronic health record. Setting or Dataset: CUSOM and University Hospital.

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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. Beginning of Phase 2 (rapid implementation), 630 xOrders were released with an additional 253 xOrders added between 9/26/2021 and 6/24/2023.

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

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis Retrospective, longitudinal study using electronic health records. Population Studied Adult patients scheduled for in-person or telehealth visits between 01/2019-06/2023. Intervention/Instrument A multiclass random forest (RF) method for risk prediction was utilized.

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Optimizing Medical Legal Partnerships for sustainable public funding through the tele-legal model [Mixed methods research]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis: Tele-legal services were provided by one full time poverty lawyer and paralegal January 2021-June 2023. Descriptive analysis utilized primary legal record and secondary electronic health record sources. Nine focus groups were conducted and recorded, using semi-structured interviews.

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Resident Voices: Key Findings from Journal Club Surveys [Education and training]

Annals of Family Medicine

Study Design and Analysis We conducted a retrospective survey distributed electronically and securely among the graduating class of residents. Setting The project was conducted within a family medicine residency program in the Southwestern United States over the academic year 2023-2024.

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Position Statement on Measurement Based Care

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Introduction The Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA) recognizes the utility and potential for Measurement Based Care (MBC) as a core feature of high-quality integrated healthcare. Position Statement on Utilization of Measurement Based Care. Artificial Intelligence), etc. Boswell, J. Hepner, K. Rothrock, N. Childs, A.

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AI-Drive Targeted Qualitative Analysis: A Useful New Method for Primary Care Research [Qualitative research]

Annals of Family Medicine

We utilized AI tools in the qualitative software program Atlas.ti This analysis was part of a larger implementation study called PATHWEIGH, which provides a toolset embedded in the EpicTM electronic health record and other supportive services to help practices provide weight management to their patients.