Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context Journal Club serves as an essential platform in medical education for enhancing critical thinking skills, promoting evidence-based practice, and fostering scholarly discussions among residents. Additionally, residents were provided with a detailed rubric outlining specific metrics on which their presentations would be evaluated.

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Barton Associates

MAY 8, 2025

In this blog, we’re going to outline four key ways temporary medical staff such as locum tenens providers can help healthcare facilities maintain continuity of high-quality patient care in the face of growing shortages. Enter temporary medical staff, such as locum tenens providers. Many healthcare facilities in the U.S.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

JUNE 26, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 22 – Live from SGIM 2023: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2023 Annual Meeting Show Notes by Alec J. Describe difficulties and examples of how to measure unconscious race bias in medical practice.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

APRIL 12, 2025

The need for medical assistants is growing rapidly. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the field will grow by 15 percent from 2023 to 2033 , which is higher than the average for roles that provide support to healthcare professionals. Typical tasks may include: Recording information in patients’ medical records.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context In November 2023, the American Heart Association (AHA) released PREVENT, a new set of risk equations to calculate an individual's risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). This could impact prescribing and deprescribing medications for primary prevention. 10%, and >10%.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The Lehigh Valley Practice and Community Based Research Network(LV-PCBRN) conducts weekly meetings to engage members in discussion about active and future research, and quality improvement projects conducted by colleagues, residents, and medical students.

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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. Conclusions Poverty screening was seen as acceptable among patients and providers.

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FDA Law Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — A year ago, we blogged about a proposed rule that would replace the Quality System Regulation (QSR) at 21 C.F.R. This suggests that it is unlikely we will see harmonization of the QSR with ISO 13485 in 2023.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Three of these articles focus on medical applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) and explore FDA’s role in regulating such products. The third article—“Your Medical Devices are Getting Smarter. The first article—“Is the Eye the Window to Alzheimer’s?” demographic bias of data fed to algorithms).

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The Medical Futurist

JUNE 19, 2025

In medical practice, vital signs have traditionally focused on four primary measurements , namely body temperature, pulse rate, breathing rate and blood pressure. This is why someone’s looks might not correspond to their chronological age, and this is a factor in medical assessments as well.

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Barton Associates

JUNE 19, 2025

In fact, hospitals, clinics, and other facilities are already reeling from a shortage of providers and it’s hurting patients— according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) , tens of millions of Americans live in areas with shortages of primary care, dental, and mental health professionals.

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A new American Heart Association scientific statement provides guidance on staffing, leadership and resource requirements for hospital stroke centers to reduce variability and improve quality of care at stroke centers across the U.S. CT tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb.

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Permanente Medicine

APRIL 22, 2025

As wildfires devastated the Los Angeles region earlier this year, health care services and medical resources were quickly deployed across the area, thanks to the timely efforts of Permanente medical staff and disaster planning by physician leaders.

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

APRIL 3, 2023

[link] CPSolvers: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series Episode 20 – Medical Racism and Indigenous Peoples Show Notes by Sudarshan (“Sud”) Krishnamurthy April 4, 2023 Summary: This episode highlights the checkered past of medicine and the advancements in the field that have occurred at the expense of the humanity of Indigenous peoples.

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My Green Doctor

MAY 29, 2025

We’re pleased to share that Weill Cornell Medicine, one of the nation’s most respected academic medical institutions, has begun a small-scale pilot of the My Green Doctor program—an important step toward building a more sustainable healthcare future. 8,500 new users joined in 2023.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

It is paramount to understand the barriers faced by the AI/AN community to better serve their medical needs. Included articles were published in English-language peer reviewed journals from 1978 until 2023. Setting or Dataset: Articles published in English-language peer reviewed journals from 1978 until 2023.

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Common Sense Family Doctor

JUNE 8, 2025

However, as stated plainly in a recent editorial published in more than 120 medical journals worldwide , “This does not mean humanity is any safer.” After peaking at more than 70,000 in 1986, the absolute number of weapons gradually declined from the implementation of various arms control treaties to 12,331 today.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The COVID pandemic disrupted global healthcare, impacting academic medical centers (AMCs) in the United States, necessitating a comprehensive understanding of its effects on healthcare delivery and utilization. Study Design: This retrospective case series analysis utilizes Vizient’s clinical database data. compared to 2.1

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Barton Associates

MAY 29, 2025

The United States doesn’t have enough doctors and the problem is only growing—according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) , the country is facing an estimated shortage of between 13,500 and 86,000 primary and specialty care physicians by 2036. in April 2025. Where do physicians commonly work?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Instrument/Dataset: Ten item subset within the 2023 Council of Academic Family Medicine’s (CAFM) Educational Research Alliance (CERA) survey, administered from Nov.20-Dec.22, members of one of the four CAFM organizations, selecting only active medical clinicians. Study Design and Analysis: Cross-sectional survey.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Baumhardt, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert & Adrienne R. Lenz, Principal Medical Device Regulation Expert — On September 6, 2023, FDA announced its latest efforts to modernize the 510(k) process, outlining FDA’s latest improvements to strengthen the 510(k) Program and announcing release of three draft guidance documents.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The American Academy of Family Physicians sought to reduce burnout and promote wellbeing among medical students and residents through program offerings, known as Physician Health First: Building Resiliency Intersectionally During Graduate Education (BRIDGE). Intervention: 4 series: Fall 2022; Spring 2023; Fall 2023; Spring 2024.

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Physician's Weekly

JUNE 19, 2025

When Alyne Diamond fell off a horse in August 2023 and broke her back, her employer-based health plan through UnitedHealthcare covered her emergency care in Aspen, Colorado. The insurer not only stopped paying current claims but also moved to claw back tens of thousands of dollars it had paid to providers in the two years since she turned 65.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This project emerged from the 2023 Family Medicine Research Summit, and serves as a periodic update to similar analyses conducted in 2008 and 2015. Setting or Dataset: Data encompassed awards from various federal agencies, predominantly including the US National Institutes of Health and others from 2014-2023.

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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

MAY 27, 2025

Healthcare administrative assistants manage crucial administrative tasks in medical offices. Their role improves the patient experience and helps doctors, nurses, and other providers work more efficiently. As a healthcare administrative assistant, your day-to-day tasks may vary depending on the needs of the medical office.

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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. Setting or Data Set: Semi-structured interviews conducted with clinicians and staff between February 2021 and October 2023 (N=220). Outcome Measures: Key themes and adoption groupings.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

to complete an analysis of qualitative data collected from primary care clinician and staff perspectives on the use of anti-obesity medications. Setting or Data Set: Baseline and follow-up semi-structured interviews conducted with clinicians and staff between February 2021 and August 2023 (N=220).

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Medical Xpress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Immunotherapy after surgery increased bladder cancer patients' chance of staying cancer-free compared to patients who received a placebo, according to clinical trial results shared in a late-breaking oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2023 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in February.

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Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

Recently, bills HF2007 / SF2043 were introduced to create a health care interpreter services working group tasked with providing recommendations to improve and support access to health care interpreting services statewide. Resolution 2023-04 : Coverage for live, in-person interpreter services under Minnesota Medical Assistance.

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Setting: Oregon School District, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA, between January 2015 and June 2023, and before and after emergence of SARS-CoV-2. Intervention/Instrument: Eligible participants with ARIs provided demographic, epidemiologic, and symptom data, along with a nasal swab or oropharyngeal specimen.

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Barton Associates

MAY 1, 2025

adults had a mental illness in 2023, and about half (46%) of them did not get any treatment. A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (NP), also known as a psych NP or a PMHNP, helps bridge this gap by providing essential mental health services to underserved populations. Why is there a behavioral health provider shortage?

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Expansion of medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) within primary care practices is often met with resistance. Continuing education (CME) credit and up to $75 reimbursement were provided. Recruitment across several state organizations’ listservs and by the host CME site lasted 9 months: April 24, 2023-Jan.24,

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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To develop a scalable, representative dermatology dataset using crowdsourcing via internet search ads, enhancing medical education and AI application development. Study Design and Analysis: We employed Google Search ads to gather dermatology images from the public, with informed consent, between March and November 2023.

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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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Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Partnerships between Comprehensive Cancer Centers and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in these communities is critical to build capacity among primary care providers (PCPs) and staff (e.g., medical assistants) to deliver high quality cervical cancer screening (CCS).

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The Clinical Problem Solvers

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Michelle Ogunwole, MD, PhD, an internist and social epidemiologist who specializes in the care of women with chronic medical conditions and racial disparities in maternal health outcomes, and Dr. Caroline Sloan, MD, a general internist whose research focuses on how financial considerations are imbued into medical decision-making.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

This provision became effective as of March 29, 2023. It will become part of the “refuse to accept” (RTA) checklist on October 1, 2023. Congress has given FDA the authority to require device manufacturers to provide cybersecurity information in their premarket submissions for a “cyber device.”

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